Lot 91
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The Property of the Late DR. DANIEL McLEAN McDONALD Sold by Order of the Executors
A GEORGE III PINE AND PEWTER CHIMNEYPIECE, with a rectangular moulded shelf, above patera-enriched frieze with arabesque sphinxes bearing festive ribbon-tied husks garlanding a sacred urn with bacchic-ram heads, flanked by vases, with pilasters embellished with oval medallions centred by Apollo sunflowers and festooned with ribbon-tied husks entwining alternate palmettes and paterae, with a modern marble hearth and slips and cast-iron firebacks, on block feet (restorations, some pewter replaced), late 18th century

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A GEORGE III PINE AND PEWTER CHIMNEYPIECE, with a rectangular moulded shelf, above patera-enriched frieze with arabesque sphinxes bearing festive ribbon-tied husks garlanding a sacred urn with bacchic-ram heads, flanked by vases, with pilasters embellished with oval medallions centred by Apollo sunflowers and festooned with ribbon-tied husks entwining alternate palmettes and paterae, with a modern marble hearth and slips and cast-iron firebacks, on block feet (restorations, some pewter replaced), late 18th century
66in. (167.5cm.) wide; 54½in. (138.5cm.) high; 5½in. (14cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This chimneypiece with it's elegant antique ornament popularised by R. & J. Adam's, Works In Architecture, 1773-9, relates in particular to patterns published by M. Pergolesi in his Designs for Various Ornaments, 1784.

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