Comparison of an original gilt bronze mount (left) and an after-cast, nineteenth- or twentieth-century copy (right). The copy is more finely and “mechanically” chased in comparison to the original. The scale of the image is 9 cm from top to bottom. Attributed to André Charles Boulle (French, 1642–1732), pair of pedestals, ca. 1700 (J. Paul Getty Museum, inv. 88.DA.75.1–2). After Heginbotham, Arlen. 2014. “Bronzes Dorés: A Technical Approach to Examination and Authentication of French Gilt Bronze.” In French Bronze Sculpture: Materials and Techniques 16th–18th Century, edited by David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett, Francesca G. Bewer, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Philippe Malgouyres, and Guilhem Scherf, 150–65. Paris: Archetype., fig. 1.