Lot 9
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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS
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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN

Details
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS
First half 19th century, possibly German
Each with a rockwork-carved tablet above a vine-picking hoho bird on a C-scroll and rockwork carved backplate, previously green-painted
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 14 in. (36 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
M. and Mme. Luigi Anton Laura; Sotheby's Paris, 27 June 2001, lot 149 (FF 65,400; £ 5,886)
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Two pairs of virtually identical brackets were sold at Christie's New York, one pair was sold anonymously, 25 May 1993, lot 35 ($10,350;£ 6,728), the second pair was sold from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, March 1991, lot 889 ($15,400; £ 8,470).

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