AN ITALIAN RED, BLACK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERE
AN ITALIAN RED, BLACK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERE

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN RED, BLACK-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERE
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
The hexagonal top with candle spike above a foliate support over a faceted and foliate incised shaft, continuing to a stepped shaped base
54½ in. (138.5 cm.) high, 20 in. (51 cm.) diameter of top
Provenance
Stefano Bardini, Florence.
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1895.
S.W. Wollsey, Buckingham Gate, London, 1953.
R.T. Gwynn.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 April 2002, lot 13.
Literature
J.F. Hayward and C. Blair, 'The R.T. Gwynn Collections: Mediaeval Furniture Armor and Early Clocks', The Connoisseur, May-August 1962, p. 85, fig. 7.
Exhibited
British Antique Dealer's Association, Golden Jubilee Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, May 1968, no.145, fig. 96.

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