Lot Essay
A related pair of Austrian torcheres was sold from the collection of the Comte de Paris, Sotheby's Monaco, 14 December 1996, lot 208.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AUSTRIAN
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A PAIR OF BIEDERMEIER EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERES
Early 19th Century, possibly Austrian
Each with shell-shaped dish above a turned column support with acanthus-wrapped capital, on a square pedestal resting on a sphinx's back, on a concave-ended, canted rectangular plinth with gadrooned edge and paw feet, possibly adapted
45½ in. (115.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 in.) wide, the tops; 19 in. (48 cm.) long, the base (2)
Early 19th Century, possibly Austrian
Each with shell-shaped dish above a turned column support with acanthus-wrapped capital, on a square pedestal resting on a sphinx's back, on a concave-ended, canted rectangular plinth with gadrooned edge and paw feet, possibly adapted
45½ in. (115.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 in.) wide, the tops; 19 in. (48 cm.) long, the base (2)