A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD TORCHERES

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£ 20 000
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29.11.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 1071159
Lot 44 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD TORCHERES
A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD TORCHERES

SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Each with scalloped circular top above a canted triform scrolling shaft with floral pendants on three conforming C-scroll supports decorated with rocaille, re-gilt

52 in. (132 cm.) high; the tops: 13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) diameter; the base: 22 in. (56 cm.) wide





Provenance

Probably Samuel, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent.



Literature

A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - I', Country Life, 2 January 1953, pp. 35, pl. 4.

Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Saloon'.
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