Lot Essay
Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. was friends with Lord Fairhaven for whom he designed the picture gallery at Anglesey Abbey in 1955.
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BY PIERRE PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820-30
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU CENTREPIECE
BY PIERRE PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820-30
With an associated hob-nail cut glass dish, the bowl supported by two cherubs above an oval base, signed 'THOMIRE A PARIS', the dish broken
15 in. (38 cm.) high, overall; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep
BY PIERRE PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820-30
With an associated hob-nail cut glass dish, the bowl supported by two cherubs above an oval base, signed 'THOMIRE A PARIS', the dish broken
15 in. (38 cm.) high, overall; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep
Provenance
Urban Huttleston Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966), Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, by whom given to Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A., Christmas 1950.
Literature
A.E. Richardson, diary entry, 21 December 1950.
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