20TH CENTURY, AFTER BENJAMIN VULLIAMY, ATTRIBUTED TO RUPERT HOBBS

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A PAIR OF REGENCY-STYLE ORMOLU AND SLATE LAMP BASES
20TH CENTURY, AFTER BENJAMIN VULLIAMY, ATTRIBUTED TO RUPERT HOBBS
Each with turned column with three lion's masks holding chains, with upspringing acanthus issuing two levels of foliate drip-pans, on a turned base and square plinth, fitted for electricity, with shades
24½ in. (62 cm.) high, excluding shades (2)

來源

Acquired from Rupert Hobbs, London.

注意事項

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.

拍品專文

The design for these lamps is after Benjamin Vulliamy (d. 1821), 'furniture man' and clock-maker to George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, circa 1800. Their ormolu calix of palm-wrapped Roman acanthus derives from the 'Barberini' Roman tripod-candelabrum that the architect Charles Heathcote Tatham illustrated in his Etchings representing the best examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799.