{"product_id":"bronze-smoking-set-swan-among-the-reeds-93053","title":"Bronze Smoking Set, Swan Among the Reeds — Attributed to S. Agudo, Spain, circa 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA desk or bar cart in the mid-century didn't just need somewhere to put a cigarette out — it needed somewhere for that to look intentional. Spanish and Italian bronze workshops of the 1950s and 60s answered with smoking sets built as small sculptures: a swan, a shell, a pair of hands, anything that could hold an ashtray's function without looking like one until you needed it to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set takes the swan-among-reeds theme and works it into three functions at once. The larger piece is modelled as a swan rising from a bed of reeds, its curved back forming a shallow basin for cigarettes; the wing-shaped lid that once sat over the reed cluster was designed to separate into three fitted individual ashtrays, of which two survive here. A second, smaller swan holds matches beneath its own lid — a hidden-compartment habit typical of these sets, where the sculpture is doing double duty as storage. The gilt-bronze finish is worked with the same feather and reed texturing throughout both pieces, which is a decent way to judge whether elements of a mixed set actually belong together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair has clearly been used as intended rather than kept as an ornament, with the surviving wing-ashtray showing an even, handled patina; the missing third wing piece is worth knowing about going in. On a desk or low shelf near where people actually sit, the reed cluster reads as the visual anchor and the swan's neck as the vertical interest.\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns are accepted within [X] days, buyer covers return postage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nOverall: 13 × 17 × 14 cm (5.1 × 6.7 × 5.5 in) — about the footprint of a paperback book\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 2 kg (4.4 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nBronze, gilt\/gold-toned finish; unsigned, attributed to S. Agudo\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; set is missing one of three original wing-ashtray sections; even wear consistent with use\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082126098777,"sku":"LM-V-073","price":560.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8270520700_4jyi.jpg?v=1787565907","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/bronze-smoking-set-swan-among-the-reeds-93053","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}