A PAIR OF BRONZED EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT FOOTSTOOLS

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A PAIR OF BRONZED EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT FOOTSTOOLS
Each of scrolled padded rectangular form covered in light-blue material, each side with a pierced winged sea-dragon with scrolled tail, on bun feet, one foot replaced, differences in scale carving
17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 11 November 1990, lot 233.

Lot Essay

Fire-breathing dragons of similar character, entwine an early 19th Century glass which bears the label of the carver John Smith of Swallow Street (fl. 1804-20), 'Picture Frame Maker by Appointment to The Prince of Wales', (later King George IV) (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 432, fig. 868). Such dragons were to be a popular feature of the Prince's Marine Pavillion at Brighton.

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