A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES

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01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1450951
Los 11 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES
CIRCA 1760-65, POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
The shaped moulded triform top carved with cartouche motif, supported by a tapering stem carved with harebells on a turned base decorated with blind fretwork motif, above a foliate collar and a turned fluted shaft with acanthus leaf base, on three S-shaped legs with scrolling pad feet, one leg replaced
44 ¾ in. (114 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) diameter




Provenance

Bought by Samuel Messer from Hotspur, 30 April 1959 (£880).
The Messer Collection; Christie's, London, 5 December 1991, lot 94 (sold £49,500 inc. premium),
Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture, The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London, 1953.
C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978.
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