In my opinion, this thing is at best a 19 th century, in the worst start of 20, work on technique and indeed form the subject says that this is France. In the style of ekliktichnaya thing so amused the French in the early 19 th century, when it ceased to invent something new and kopirrovali old.
And the fact that it is a gilded bronze, that's for sure, only the types of gilding are different, well, rather sushestovalo two, when covered with thin plates of gold, or just the same when covered with bronze lakos (or other compounds that do not remember exactly) due to what, appeared yellowish tint , and gave a sense of gilding.
The thing is really ordinary, and if we rely on the European market, the price of her 1000 euros at best.