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ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU ETAGERES
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810
Each modelled with a winged putto holding aloft a circular dish with trailing rose milled border, on an acanthus, stiff-leaf and anthemion-cast circal spreading base with leaf-tip edge, each lacking bowl or dish
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) diameter (2)
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810
Each modelled with a winged putto holding aloft a circular dish with trailing rose milled border, on an acanthus, stiff-leaf and anthemion-cast circal spreading base with leaf-tip edge, each lacking bowl or dish
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
The Ramos Pinto family, from whom purchased by the grandfather of the present owner.
Literature
R. Guedes, Reais Mesas do Norte de Portugal, Lisbon, 1997, 'Mesa Ramos Pinto', pp. 104-109.
Exhibited
Porto, Alfândega, Reais Mesas do Norte de Portugal, 1995.
Special notice
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