A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TORCHERES BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE CIRCA 1773 Each circular dished top edged with beading and stiff-leaf, on a tapering fluted support with stiff-leaf base above a bulbous band of guilloche and overlapping bell-flower and stiff-leaf-carved support, the canted tripartite plinth centred on each side by a Diana mask within a fluted oval with beaded edge supported by acanthus scrolls, the panelled angles headed by rams’ masks linked by laurel swag and ribbon ties and issuing trailing blue-bells, the base edged with beading and guilloche , on turned tapering reeded feet, the original gilding partly refreshed, with batten-carrying holes 60 ½ in. (154 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep Provenance Supplied to Sir Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1819), a set of four for the Saloon at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, circa 1773, thence by descent to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, G.C.B., Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, sold Messrs. Foster house sale, 9 March 1923, lot 364, a set of four, where acquired by Sir Charles Nall-Cain, Bt., 1st Lord Brocket (d. 1934), thence by descent at Brocket Hall until, sold by order of the trustees from The Lord Brocket Will Trust, Christie's, London, one pair 7 July 1994, lot 100, this pair 16 November 1995, lot 357, where acquired by the present owner.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TORCHERES BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE CIRCA 1773 Each circular dished top edged with beading and stiff-leaf, on a tapering fluted support with stiff-leaf base above a bulbous band of guilloche and overlapping bell-flower and stiff-leaf-carved support, the canted tripartite plinth centred on each side by a Diana mask within a fluted oval with beaded edge supported by acanthus scrolls, the panelled angles headed by rams’ masks linked by laurel swag and ribbon ties and issuing trailing blue-bells, the base edged with beading and guilloche , on turned tapering reeded feet, the original gilding partly refreshed, with batten-carrying holes 60 ½ in. (154 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep Provenance Supplied to Sir Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1819), a set of four for the Saloon at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, circa 1773, thence by descent to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, G.C.B., Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, sold Messrs. Foster house sale, 9 March 1923, lot 364, a set of four, where acquired by Sir Charles Nall-Cain, Bt., 1st Lord Brocket (d. 1934), thence by descent at Brocket Hall until, sold by order of the trustees from The Lord Brocket Will Trust, Christie's, London, one pair 7 July 1994, lot 100, this pair 16 November 1995, lot 357, where acquired by the present owner.
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