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Auction archive: Lot number 135

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID KINGWOOD AND GILTWOOD TORCHERES

Auction 12.12.1996
12 Dec 1996
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$13,315 - US$19,973
Price realised:
£8,625
ca. US$14,355
Auction archive: Lot number 135

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID KINGWOOD AND GILTWOOD TORCHERES

Auction 12.12.1996
12 Dec 1996
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$13,315 - US$19,973
Price realised:
£8,625
ca. US$14,355
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID KINGWOOD AND GILTWOOD TORCHERES Inlaid overall en première and contre-partie , the stiff-leaf wrapped dished circular top inlaid en première-partie with interlaced acanthus and foliate arabesques, above a ring-turned columnar neck supported by male and female caryatid figures each with classical swagged drapery holding a trellis-work basket of roses, lilies and other flowers upon their heads, shown standing upon a hexagonal platform and ring-turned baluster socle, the slightly domed circular ormolu-moulded plinth inlaid with further foliate arabesques en contre-partie, on scrolled claw feet, distressed, re-gilt and with signs of earlier gilding, altered in height in the early 19th Century when the claw feet and ring-turned element at the base of the shaft were probably added, the tops with screw-holes for fixing brackets, one with later turned feet, probably Flemish 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) diam.; 42 in. (107 cm.) high (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 135
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BOULLE BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID KINGWOOD AND GILTWOOD TORCHERES Inlaid overall en première and contre-partie , the stiff-leaf wrapped dished circular top inlaid en première-partie with interlaced acanthus and foliate arabesques, above a ring-turned columnar neck supported by male and female caryatid figures each with classical swagged drapery holding a trellis-work basket of roses, lilies and other flowers upon their heads, shown standing upon a hexagonal platform and ring-turned baluster socle, the slightly domed circular ormolu-moulded plinth inlaid with further foliate arabesques en contre-partie, on scrolled claw feet, distressed, re-gilt and with signs of earlier gilding, altered in height in the early 19th Century when the claw feet and ring-turned element at the base of the shaft were probably added, the tops with screw-holes for fixing brackets, one with later turned feet, probably Flemish 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) diam.; 42 in. (107 cm.) high (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 135
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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