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A PAIR OF REGENCY PAINTED PLASTER TORCHERES
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A PAIR OF REGENCY PAINTED PLASTER TORCHERES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES DEVILLE

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A PAIR OF REGENCY PAINTED PLASTER TORCHERES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES DEVILLE
Each with a circular top above three classically draped standing female figures, with lion monopodiae and shaped bases
33in. (84cm.) high; 12½in. (31.8cm.) diameter (2)
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Lot Essay

These torcheres, with addorsed vestals and tripod 'claw' on lion monopodiae are in the manner of the London plaster figure-maker and lamp-manufacturer James Deville (b. 1776). (T.Clifford 'The Plaster Shops of the Rococo and Neo-Classical Era in Britain', Journal of the History of Collections, 1992 pp.39-65.)

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