A PAIR OF CREAM-PAINTED CAST-IRON TORCHERES

OF GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CREAM-PAINTED CAST-IRON TORCHERES
Of George III style, Late 19th Early 20th Century
Each with moulded circular top with radiating leaves above three ram-masks with chain swags, above a pine-cone finial, on three tapering supports joined by a concave-sided stretcher, on hoof feet
45 in. (116 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

This form of Roman tripod, with scrolled supports terminating in bacchic ram heads and hoof feet, reflects the elegant late 18th Century fashion promoted by the architect James Wyatt (d.1813) and by Geroge Richardson's New Designs for Vases and Tripods, 1793. There are a pair of related giltwood and bronzed stands at Holkham Hall, Norfolk (The Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall, English Life Publications, 1996, p.12).

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