A near pair of French gilt bronze mounted mahogany urn stands or selettes Early 20th century, in the manner of François Linke Each with a pierced galleried marble top above a slide and a scrolled foliate and floral mounted frieze incorporating a catch-activated spring loaded mahogany lined drawer, on square tapering legs terminating in foliate sabots, with a rising x-stretcher surmounted by a central pinecone finial, diameter of each top: 32.5cm; 85cm high. (2) Footnotes: A similar urn stand or selette, with typical slender legs and shaped stretcher is illustrated in Christopher Payne's François Linke 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, pl. 44, p. 53. It is described as a stand or gaine and titled by Linke as a 'Pedestal Louis XVI acajou et bronzes dorés, index number 56. It was available with or without a slide and a drawer, priced between 400 and 500 francs. A similar version is also shown as a pencil drawing from Linke's daybook and this likewise appears in C. Payne, Ibid, p. 474. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing