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THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF MISS JULIA LOWENTHAL SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND

A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MUSICAL TROPHIES

ONE PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MUSICAL TROPHIES
ONE PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER 20TH CENTURY
Each with a cluster of carved musical instruments entwined with oak leaves, vines and laurel leaves, on a trumpet backplate
41¾ in. (106 cm.) long (2)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The pastoral trophies, designed in the French 'picturesque' manner in celebration of the Cardinal Art of Music and poetry's triumph, comprise string and wind instruments ribbon-tied with horns that are wreathed with laurels, vines and oak leaves. Such trophies, invented by A. Watteau, were engraved by G. Huquier in the 1730s. Related 'Arts and Science' trophies were executed in the 1750s for Norfolk House, London (D. Fitz-Gerald, 'The Norfolk House Music Room', Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1973).

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