After Emile Joseph Nestor Carlier (French, 1849-1927), patinated bronze sculpture with gilt highlights, depicting a mother and daughter at a well with lion's head mask at the font. The woman is giving the girl a drink from her jug. Signed "Carlier" on back. 29"H x 11" diameter with detachable base, 1"h x 11"diameter. Biography: Carlier studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and worked under sculptors Pierre-Jules Cavelier and Rene Fache. He began exhibiting at the Paris salon in 1874 and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1889. He received numerous public commissions in France and his work is owned by several French museums. Provenance: private Middle Tennessee collection, purchased in Paris at the conclusion of World War II by consignor's uncle. Condition: Some light areas of possible abrasion to woman's cheek and arm, scattered oxidation and wear, couple of miniscule white marks on back of woman's dress appear to be paint drips; old 1/2" scratches to heads of both woman and child. Condition: Some light areas of possible abrasion to woman's cheek and arm, scattered oxidation and wear, couple of miniscule white marks on back of woman's dress appear to be paint drips; old 1/2" scratches to heads of both woman and child.