A pair of George III Coade stone chimney finials

CIRCA 1780

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A pair of George III Coade stone chimney finials
Circa 1780
Each with a flame terminal and circular rim, above a spirally gadrooned spreading neck, the main body with roundel, husk and swag frieze, the lower section with foliage, above a circular socle, on a square plinth
25 in. (65 cm.) diameter; 30 in. (76 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The krater-shaped cassolette, with bacchic drapery festooned from a ribbon-guilloche enriched with libation patterae, is conceived in the antique manner promoted around 1770 by Sir William Chambers (d.1796), architect to King George III. It relates for instance to the balustrade urns which he designed for Somerset House, London (1176-1796).
See J. Harris, Sir William Chambers, London, 1970, fig. 161.

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