Live Auction 6459The Sunday Sale
AN ITALIAN BRONZE TORCHERE
Lot 12

AN ITALIAN BRONZE TORCHERE

CIRCA 1860, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Closed1 April 2012

Price Realised

GBP 1,500

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE TORCHERE
CIRCA 1860, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
With circular dished top on a bamboo-cast shaft issuing tendrils, on three panther mask monopodia, wired for electricity
54¾ in. (139.2 cm.) high, excluding lamp fitting

Specialist note

This form of 'Antique' bronze tripod torchere was produced from the early Regency period in England and throughout the 19th century in Continental Europe. Popularised as 'Drawing Room Candelabra', such Pompeian bronze tripods were illustrated in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807 (pl. 6), where they were reinterpreted from 'antique' prototypes probably by the French-born Piccadilly bronzier Alexis Decaix.