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PROPERTY OF A LADY
(LOT 478)
A PAIR OF RUSSIAN GILTWOOD, GILT GESSO AND BRONZED TORCHERES
CIRCA 1800
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN GILTWOOD, GILT GESSO AND BRONZED TORCHERES
CIRCA 1800
Each with hexagonal top with pearled rim above rising scrolling feather supports and three masks, on a foliate shaft and a waisted urn with foliate cap, on a concave-sided triangular base with paw feet, one inscribed in red ink '299B', minor variations to height, losses and replacements to leaf-tip carving, largely redecorated with traces of earlier gilding, with holes to underside of top possibly for repositioning of upturned leaves
47 in. (120 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1800
Each with hexagonal top with pearled rim above rising scrolling feather supports and three masks, on a foliate shaft and a waisted urn with foliate cap, on a concave-sided triangular base with paw feet, one inscribed in red ink '299B', minor variations to height, losses and replacements to leaf-tip carving, largely redecorated with traces of earlier gilding, with holes to underside of top possibly for repositioning of upturned leaves
47 in. (120 cm.) high (2)