A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED LIMEWOOD AND COMPOSITION ORNAMENT TORCHERES
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
50000GBP £ 50 000
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Event location | United 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
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.
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Lighting, Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Lighting, Furniture and Lamps, Floor lights |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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