A PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT PINE CORBELS
CIRCA 1758-65, ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART, PROBABLY FOR SPENCER HOUSE
Minor losses
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide (2)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED AND PARCEL GILT PINE CORBELS
CIRCA 1758-65, ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART, PROBABLY FOR SPENCER HOUSE
Minor losses
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide (2)
Almost certainly supplied to John, 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783) for Spencer House circa 1758-65, and by descent until removed to Althorp by Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in the 1930s.
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