CIRCA 1815

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TWO DECORATIVE TROPHIES FROM THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS OFFICER'S MESS
CIRCA 1815
Comprising thirty-three bayonets from the Battle of Waterloo, shaped in form of a sunburst, mounted as a door tympanum around a painted bas-relief panel depicting a sun in splendour and featuring two brass Coldstream Guards cap badges
29 ¼ in. x 59 ¼ in. (74 x 150 cm.)

Provenance

The Coldstream Guards.
With Warner Daley, London.
The Forbes Collection Cañon House, Blanca Trinchera Ranch, Colorado.

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Lot Essay

Originally these trophies-of-arms hung in the Officers’ Mess of the Coldstream Guards, and later formed part of the Forbes collection in the entrance hall of Canon House on the Blanca Trinchera Ranch, Colorado, acquired by Malcolm S. Forbes in 1981. For further information on the Coldstreams and their role at the Battle of Waterloo, please see the note for Lot 50.

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