ID 1071159
Lot 44 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD TORCHERES
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 40 000
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'.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Address of auction |
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