Antique French heavy cast bronze metal Louis XV style curtain hold back hook

An antique, heavy cast bronze d'or curtain hold back hook in classical French chateau style.
This lovely French antique item was originally used to hold back a door or window curtain, and can be repurposed as a stylish chateau chic coat hook if you prefer.
The style is rococo in the manner of Louis XV, from the late Eighteenth or early Nineteenth Century. The hook was probably made in the Nineteenth Century, although it is possible it is of the earlier period.
The decorative end of the hold-back is typically Rococo in styling, with asymmetric scrolling foliate motif. The stem of the hook is quite plain, a beaten metal strip, and this is attached to the back fixing plate by means of a loop so that it is flexible.
The plate itself is an oval cartouche which has decorative detail in classical style, with a small hole for pinning to the wall, and a strip across the back so that it could also be hooked on to a pin or bracket on the wall. This strip has some foundry marks, the letters GH and numbers 448 stamped in to the metal.
Size approx 12cm deep, 30cm long, 6.5cm wide. This larger than average hook has plenty of room inside the curve to hold back a substantial curtain.

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