Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
AN ENGLISH BRONZE LURCHER
Lot 1 MORNING SESSION
TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2010, 10.30 AM
LOTS 1-182

THE PROPERTY OF THE COUNTLY FAMILY LEDEBUR-WICHELN (LOTS 1-82)

AN ENGLISH BRONZE LURCHER

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2010

Price Realised

EUR 1,875

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AN ENGLISH BRONZE LURCHER
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
15 cm. long
Together with a bronze mastiff, first half 19th century; mounted on a verde antico marble base - 13.6 cm. long; A resin cast of an Irish wolfhound, after a model by Paul Gayrard (1807-1855), 20th century - 14.5 cm. long; Together with a pair of carved, stained and patinated wood paper weights, modelled as flat coated retrievers sleeping on a copy of Gardiner's history of England, English, 20th century - 18 cm. long (5)

Specialist note

In C. Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, two smaller versions of the same model as the lurcher are illustrated on p. 204, fig. D14 and a bronze cast of the wolfhound is illustrated on p. 232, fig. D89.