Lot 4
4
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT TERRACOTTA MODELS, each depicting a martial trophy of arms with a central recumbent suit of armour against a backdrop of flags, shields, drums, laurel-wreaths, muskets and fasces, one shown leaning against a saddle, the other a drum, one with label to reverse 'P. Sassoon', probably English, early 18th Century

Details
A PAIR OF POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT TERRACOTTA MODELS, each depicting a martial trophy of arms with a central recumbent suit of armour against a backdrop of flags, shields, drums, laurel-wreaths, muskets and fasces, one shown leaning against a saddle, the other a drum, one with label to reverse 'P. Sassoon', probably English, early 18th Century
12¾in. (32.5cm.) wide; 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high; 3¾in. (9.5cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in the Library in the pre-1927 inventory and in 1939
Exhibited
London, 25 Park Lane, W.1., Three French Reigns, February 21 - April 5 1933, no. 18, fig. 89 (Catalogue, p. 18 and fig. 89)

Lot Essay

These trophies are almost certainly maquettes for architectural embellishments. They are closely related to those executed circa 1708-12 by Grinling Gibbons, under Sir John Vanbrugh's supervision, for the skyline of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Malborough's Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (see J. Lees-Milne, English Country Houses, Baroque, 1685-1715, London, 1970, p. 167)

More from Houghton

View All
View All