THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(LOTS 145-146)
A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVERED AND PARCEL-GILT (MECCA) TORCHERES
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVERED AND PARCEL-GILT (MECCA) TORCHERES
Each in the form of a turned column with acanthus capital above a beaded collar and ribbon-tied laurel-leaves issuing from an acanthus clasp with pinched neck, the lower half of the column fluted and with further lappeted collars, on a square simulated red tortoiseshell moulded plinth, with traces of a later green overpainting, the plinth later, the columns 17th Century and re-used
56¼ in. (143 cm.) high (2)
Each in the form of a turned column with acanthus capital above a beaded collar and ribbon-tied laurel-leaves issuing from an acanthus clasp with pinched neck, the lower half of the column fluted and with further lappeted collars, on a square simulated red tortoiseshell moulded plinth, with traces of a later green overpainting, the plinth later, the columns 17th Century and re-used
56¼ in. (143 cm.) high (2)