A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED LIMEWOOD AND COMPOSITION ORNAMENT TORCHERES

Lot 13
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1450945
Lot 13 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED LIMEWOOD AND COMPOSITION ORNAMENT TORCHERES
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED LIMEWOOD AND COMPOSITION ORNAMENT TORCHERES
ATTRIBUTED TO INCE & MAYHEW, CIRCA 1775
Each with circular platform with guilloche edge, on fluted acanthus-carved baluster stem with beaded and paterae collar, the tripartite bases decorated to the front with ram's heads and foliate swags issuing from a fluted frieze and centred with a laurel wreath, the foliate mouldings to base in plaster, traces of original duck egg blue and white decoration, previously but possibly not originally with light fittings to top
68 in. (173 cm.) high; 23 in. (58 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep




Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by The Hon. Robert Drummond (1729-1804) for Cadland Park, Hampshire and removed to Cadland Manor in circa 1950,
Thence by descent.
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