A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES
Each with dished moulded circular top above a fluted frieze divided by domed paterae, the rounded square supports joined by a circular undertier, with fluted and patera-enriched frieze on chinoiserie splayed feet with block plinths, the underside of both tops with two drilled holes possibly for turning
48 in. (122 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide across the feet; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter at the top (2)

Provenance

With Phillips of Melford, Staffordshire.
Acquired from the above by Jeremy, Ltd.
Bought from Norman Adams, February 1963.

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Lot Essay

These gueridon stands for flower-vases or candelabra are conceived in the robust late 18th century Roman fashion as tripod-altars. Their hollowed tazzae tops are wreathed by antique flutes and libation-paterae. Their pillars terminate in scrolls in a more robust manner than illustrated in a related 'Candle Stand' pattern in A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 3 eds. 1788, 1789 and 1794, pl. 111.

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