FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, AREAS OF RE-GESSO AND RE-GILT

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A GEORGE I GILTWOOD AND GILT-GESSO TORCHERE
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, AREAS OF RE-GESSO AND RE-GILT
Decorated with scrolling foliage on pounced ground, the six sided tops on faceted tapering columns with lion mask collars, on foliate carved splayed tripod legs terminating in paw feet, losses
42½in. (108cm.) high; 13in. (33cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This hexagonal stand relates to the gueridon-stands for vases or candelabra that formed part of pier-sets, supplied en suite with tables and mirrors for early eighteenth century apartments by cabinet-makers such as James Moore Senior (d.1726) (T. Murdoch, 'The Giltwood Furniture of James Moore the Elder', Burlington Magazine, June 2003, pp.408-420). The tripod 'claws' terminate in lion-paws in the George II manner, while the shafts' cluster lion-heads appear to be a later George III feature, such as appears on pier-tables at Burghley House, Lincolnshire (G. Jackson-Stops, The Treasure Houses of Britain, London, 1985, no. 227)

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