A PAIR OF GEORGE II PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS

Lot 446
22.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 820075
Lot 446 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS
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$ 40 000 – 60 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS

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.





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