Sale 1578
London
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4 December 2014
Price realised
GBP 5,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV LACQUERED BRASS LAMPS CIRCA 1825, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY WITH BRANCHES Each fluted columnar shaft with lotus capital flanked by three seated spread-winged eagles on an incurved tripartite base with foliate-scroll feet, adapted for electricity and with consequential replacements 33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 April 1999, lot 14.
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