A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU DRAGON APPLIQUES

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU DRAGON APPLIQUES

Each of scrolled design with aggressive fanged mouth and raised wings above a scrolled acanthus boss with canted rectangular ring, the tongues removable and concealing a hollow central tube, probably originally exhaling flames and previously fitted
23¾in. (60.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The pre-1823 Chinoiserie decoration of the Saloon at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, used related dragons as supports for hanging-lights from above the cornice (see: F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1983, p. 199). Along with the lanterns that they supported, they were swept away in the transformation undertaken by Robert Jones in 1823 (ibid., pl. 24)

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