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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV BRONZE AND ORMOLU TRIPOD LAMPS
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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV BRONZE AND ORMOLU TRIPOD LAMPS

CIRCA 1830

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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV BRONZE AND ORMOLU TRIPOD LAMPS
CIRCA 1830
Each with fluted nozzle above a dome and milled band on three flowered-trellis cast supports headed by ring-handled lion masks, with downswept paw feet on a canted triangular plinth and disc feet, fitted for electricity and as a lamp, with ivory silk shade
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, including fitment (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

These Roman 'altar' tripods, with ring-bearing 'Egyptian' lions as featured in Thomas Hope's, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807), are likely to have served as stands for colza-oil vases and correspond to a pair introduced to Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire following the inheritance of the estate in 1804 by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (d. 1837) (sold by The Viscount Scarsdale and the Kedleston Trustees, in these Rooms, 21 June 1990, lot 147).

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