Lot 263
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED COMPOSITION TORCHERES, each with tazza top with later circular inset flat top above a well, on a pierced tripod support with rounded angles and caryatids flanking scallop-shells and with square tapering supports, on a concave-sided canted triangular platform and acanthus-carved hoof feet, previously ebonised, mid-19th Century

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN WHITE-PAINTED COMPOSITION TORCHERES, each with tazza top with later circular inset flat top above a well, on a pierced tripod support with rounded angles and caryatids flanking scallop-shells and with square tapering supports, on a concave-sided canted triangular platform and acanthus-carved hoof feet, previously ebonised, mid-19th Century
12¼in. (31cm.) diam.; 47¾in.(121.5cm) high (2)

Lot Essay

The eclectic form of these vase-capped pedestals combines, with their Louis XVI elements, with the Roman tripod form and torchere patterns in the antique manner as popularised by R & J Adams, in their Works in Architecture, 1773

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