Lot Details
Lot 416
Pair of George III Giltwood Torchères
One a later copy, each galleried hexagonal shelf raised on a branch and tree trunk-form support carved with flowers and fruits continuing to a leaf-carved scrolling tripod base. Height 51 inches (1.29 m), width 18 inches (45.7 cm).
Provenance:
By repute, Lady Verney, Claydon House, Buckinghamshire.
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, April 20-23, 1983, lot 739.
C A Private Collection
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
Sold for $8,750 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Please see addendum for this lot. One torchère 18th century, tripod base screwed into trunk from stem; losses to later gilding throughout; shelf warped; cracks to gallery; some carved elements lacking, some replaced; scruffs to feet; 20th century torchère slightly thicker, also with losses to gilding, scruffs to feet.
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