CIRCA 1740, IN THE MANNER OF HENRY CHEERE

Details

A George II statuary marble chimneypiece tablet
Circa 1740, in the manner of Henry Cheere
Carved in high relief with a tazza issuing fuit and flowers, the stem modelled as three entwined dolphins
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) high, 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) wide, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) deep

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Index

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Statuary, circa 1760 -- lot 288
Brocatello, circa 1770 -- lot 165
Siena, port d'oro and statuary, circa 1770 -- lot 257
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Statuary and Sicilian jasper, circa 1770 -- lot 266
Statuary, circa 1785 -- lot 293
Breche violet, circa 1800 -- lot 43
Dove grey and white, circa 1815 -- lot 123
Specimen marble, circa 1860 -- lot 155
Istrian, circa 1865 -- lot 194
Brocatello, circa 1870 -- lot 198
Veined white, circa 1870 -- lot 30
Statuary, circa 1880 -- lot 153
Cippolino 'bolection', circa 1900 -- lot 224
Verde antico 'bolection', circa 1900 -- lot 82
Veined white, 20th century -- lot 11
Fossil 'bolection', 20th century -- lot 81

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Pine, circa 1750 -- lot 289
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Pine, circa 1750 -- lot 140
Pine, circa 1760 -- lot 226
Painted pine and gesso, circa 1770 -- lot 305
Pine and pewter applied, circa 1780 -- lot 69
Pine and limewood, circa 1785 -- lot 230
Pine, circa 1800 -- lot 244
Pine, circa 1800 -- lot 225
Painted pine and gesso, circa 1800 -- lot 12
Parcel giltwood, circa 1830 -- lot 265
Walnut, circa 1870 -- lot 300

Chimneypieces of stone

Stone, circa 1720 -- lot 297
Limestone, circa 1815 -- lot 207
York stone, circa 1830 -- lot 209
Limestone, circa 1900 -- lot 29
Bentheimer stone, circa 1900 -- lot 268

Firegrates, hob grates and register grates

Lots -- 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 62, 63, 102, 103, 120, 121, 150, 154, 156, 187, 188, 191, 196, 228, 246, 267, 299 and 301

Fenders

Lots -- 44, 45, 46, 249, 250, 294, 295 and 296.

Lot Essay

The bas relief tablet evokes Peace and Plenty with fruit-and-flowers filling a shell-scalloped vase borne on a tripod of embowed dolphins, sacred to the nature deity Venus.
The tablet relates to the style of the sculptor Sir Henry Cheere (1703-81), whose yard was in St. Margaret's Lane, Westminster. Apprenticed to the mason-sculptor Robert Hartshorne in 1718 he then started his own business in 1726 and later worked in conjuction with Henry Scheemakers (d.1748). Cheere is rightly celebrated for his chimneypieces which were mostly produced from the 1740's, supplying such princely houses as Ditchley Park (1738-41), Longford Castle (1741/2), Kilnwick Hall (1752), Kimbolton Castle (1747) and Kirtlington Park (1746). A member of the committee of artists who met to discuss the scheme that resulted in the founding of the Royal Academy, Cheere was knighted by George III in 1760. Cheere retired and sold the contents of his workshop in March 1770.

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