A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS ETAGERES
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS ETAGERES

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS ETAGERES
BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810
Each with faceted dishes supported by a central column, on a circular base with three dancing maidens, one stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS', both with remnants of blue chalk inscription 'S...2', glass replaced
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high; 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) diameter
Provenance
King Umberto II of Italy, from whom purchased by the grandfather of a private European collector,
sold Christie's, London, 9 December 2004, lot 46.
Literature
R. Guedes, Reais Mesas do Norte de Portugal, Lisbon,
1997, 'Mesa Casa de Saboia', pp. 22-29.
Exhibited
Porto, Alfândega, Reais Mesas do Norte de Portugal, 1995.

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Lot Essay

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843).

The blue chalk inscription to the undersides of these étagères as well as the previous lot 575, are probably inventory marks of the Royal House of Savoy.

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