拍品 927
927
A GEORGE III EBONISED PLASTER TORCHERE
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A GEORGE III EBONISED PLASTER TORCHERE

BY R. SHOUT, CIRCA 1802

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A GEORGE III EBONISED PLASTER TORCHERE
BY R. SHOUT, CIRCA 1802
The base etched 'Publ'd, March 25th 1802, by R. Shout., No. 18, Holborn, old repairs;
Together with a Noth African flask, probably Mandingo
the flask -- 22 in. (56 cm.) long; the torchere -- 24 in. (61 cm.) high (2)
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The torchere, with palm-wrapped pillar, addorsed vestals and tripod 'claw' on lion monopodiae is signed by the Holborn plaster figure-maker and lamp-manufacturer Robert Shout (d. 1823) who issued an 1806 bill-head advertising such 'figures and tripods holding lamps or candles..’'. (T.Clifford Plaser Shoss’, Journal of the History of Collections, 1992 pp.39-65.)