A PAIR OF SCANDINAVIAN GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION PIER-GLASSES, each with triple divided rectangular plate in a cavetto frame applied with leaves and flowerheads, the cresting centred by a panel of charioteers with winged horses with patera angles, with additional later seciton at the base inset with a panel depicting figures including Pan, four sections of glass replaced, one flowerhead lacking, first half 19th Century | Christie's

Lot 169

169

A PAIR OF SCANDINAVIAN GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION PIER-GLASSES, each with triple divided rectangular plate in a cavetto frame applied with leaves and flowerheads, the cresting centred by a panel of charioteers with winged horses with patera angles, with additional later seciton at the base inset with a panel depicting figures including Pan, four sections of glass replaced, one flowerhead lacking, first half 19th Century

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A PAIR OF SCANDINAVIAN GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION PIER-GLASSES, each with triple divided rectangular plate in a cavetto frame applied with leaves and flowerheads, the cresting centred by a panel of charioteers with winged horses with patera angles, with additional later seciton at the base inset with a panel depicting figures including Pan, four sections of glass replaced, one flowerhead lacking, first half 19th Century
107 x 23¾in. (272 x 60.5cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

The use of large scale Antique motifs in a cresting panel is characteristic of Swedish pier glasses of the early 19th Century (cf. a pair of mirrors sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 8 June 1989, lot 176

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