Lot 48
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A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZE MODELS OF RECUMBENT GREYHOUNDS
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A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZE MODELS OF RECUMBENT GREYHOUNDS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZE MODELS OF RECUMBENT GREYHOUNDS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
One inscribed to the underside 'CO', on later Mallett stepped giltwood plinths
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high; 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Purchased from Mallett, London.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A pair of greyhounds of identical design is depicted as a garniture on top of a chimney-piece in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration of 1807 (plate X) which shows the interior of his Duchess Street house (D. Watkin, Regency Furniture and Interior Decoration, New York, 1971, p. 39).

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