ID 820075
Lot 446 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
CIRCA 1740, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT
Each with square top above a waisted acanthus-carved socle on a paneled square tapering column carved on three sides with a lion's mask suspending a ring and a ribbon-tied fruiting foliate trail, on four paneled scrolled feet carved with stiff leaves, formerly white and pale-green painted and redecorated, now with later lacquered brass candlesticks, printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
The pedestals: 57 1/2 in. (146 cm.) high, 16 1/4 in. (41 cm.) square
Provenance
Possibly supplied to James, 8th Earl of Abercorn (1712-1789), for Duddingston House, Midlothian.
The Property of a Nobleman; Christie's, London, 15 November 1990, lot 85.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Special notice
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| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Medium: | Giltwood |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Medium: | Giltwood |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
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