Lot 270
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An English or Dutch carved and ebonised oval girandole
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An English or Dutch carved and ebonised oval girandole

17TH CENTURY

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An English or Dutch carved and ebonised oval girandole
17th century
With pierced foliate carved frame, decorated with fruits and flowers surmounted by an eagle cresting, lacking candle arm branch
18½in. (47cm.) wide, 25in. (63.5cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Designed in the Louis XVI 'Roman' fashion celebrating Virtue's Triumph, this beribboned medallion frame of Roman acanthus is guarded by Jove's Eagle and festooned with an abundance of fruit and flowers. A portrait of Sir L. Jenkins executed in Nijmegen in the late 1670s by Herbert Tuer (Tuard) is accompanied by a related frame, that is likewise richly carved with open fretwork (Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al., Framing in the Golden Age, Amsterdam, 1995, no. 84).

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