OF GEORGE III STYLE, 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD TORCHERES
OF GEORGE III STYLE, 20TH CENTURY
Each with circular moulded fluted top with foliate-wrapped pine cone boss, above three ram-headed and studded-decorated supports, joined by a concave-sided tier, above a conforming pierced base, on hairy hoof feet, repaired break to one foot
58 in. (147.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

With Erik Karlsen, 2001.

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Lot Essay

The tall stand for vase or candelabrum, intended for the corners of a room and derived from the Roman tripod altar with bacchic ram monopodia, relates to a pattern popularised by the Rome-trained architect Robert Adam (1728-1792) and published in R. and J. Adams' Works in Architecture, 1773 (pl. 8). Related stands were supplied in 1786 for Langley Park, Norfolk (advertised by Hotspur in Country Life, 13 October 1988). A virtually identical pair was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 'A View over Eaton Square', 10 November 2005, lot 317.

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