Lot 588
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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN WHITE-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND COMPOSITION PEDESTALS, SUPPORTING BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE TORCHERES
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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN WHITE-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND COMPOSITION PEDESTALS, SUPPORTING BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE TORCHERES

THE PEDESTALS BY THOMAS WARD, MID-19TH CENTURY, THE BRONZE TORCHERES INCORPORATING SOME EARLIER ELEMENTS BUT OF MODERN CONSTRUCTION

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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN WHITE-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND COMPOSITION PEDESTALS, SUPPORTING BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE TORCHERES
The pedestals by Thomas Ward, mid-19th century, the bronze torcheres incorporating some earlier elements but of modern construction
With three torchères with gadrooned rim above an acanthus-wrapped colza dish, the pedestals previously with further ornate swags, patera and foliate scrolls, re-gilt, the torcheres lacking their internal burner fitments, piped for gas and drilled for electricity
104½in. (265.5cm.) high, 53in. (134.5cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
The pedestals supplied to Sir Thomas Clifford Constable, 2nd Bt., of Burton Constable, Yorkshire, circa 1840 and by descent to John Chichester-Constable, Esq, Burton Constrable Hall, sold Sotheby's London, 17 November 1989, lot 156.

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 13 November 1997, lot 178.
Literature
The pedestals: J Bourne and V Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London, 1991, p.192, fig.627.

I Hall, 'French Taste in Yorkshire, Furniture at Burton Constable II', Country Life, June 17, 1976, pp.1622-1624, fig.3.
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Lot Essay

The refurbishment of Burton Constable was carried out between 1830-40 mainly by Sir Thomas Clifford's wife, Lady Marianne and her sister, Eliza Chichester. The furniture was accumulated from trips abroad and some was commissioned from Hull furniture-makers such as Thomas Ward. Ward established his own premises in Waterworks Street, Hull, from circa 1814-1840 and he was employed at Burton Constable from 1833 onwards. The pedestals, previously with scrolling giltwood candelabra, stood in the staircase hall and would have been very much in keeping with the fashion for 'Continental' furniture (I. Hull, 'French Influence at Burton Constable', Furniture History, Leeds, 1972, p. 70-77 and I. Hall, 'French Taste in Yorkshire, Furniture at Burton Constable II', Country Life, June 17, 1976, p 1622-1624, fig. 3.)

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