19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD TRIPOD TORCHERES
19TH CENTURY
Each with a dished lambrequined circular top, on a foliage-carved baluster column and scrolled serpentine legs, minor variations
One 44 in. (112 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) diameter
The other 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

Probably supplied to John Cleland (1836-1893) for the rebuilt Stormont Castle, Dundonald, Co. Down and by descent.

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Lot Essay

This pair of torcheres originally came from Stormont Castle, Co. Down, which was rebuilt in the Scottish Baronial style in 1858 for the Cleland family by the Belfast architect, Thomas Turner. It is now the Belfast Headquarters of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Parliament house having been built in its grounds.

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