Live Auction 21921The Robin and Rupert Hambro Collection
A PAIR OF GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS
Lot 40

A PAIR OF GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS

CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT

Closed8 June 2023

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GBP 12,000–18,000

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED PEDESTALS
CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT
Each with later fleur-de-pêcher marble top with incut corners, the moulded cavetto cornice above a rosette-mounted entablature, the tapering support with acanthus leaves to the base, on a moulded foliate-carved stepped foot and plinth base, later decorated
51 1/2 in. (131 cm.) high; 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) wide; 14 1/4 in. (36 cm.) deep

Specialist note


Pedestals, or 'terms' such as these, which are festooned with acanthus, were designed to support busts, bronzes or classical vases. They became fashionable in the early 1730s with the introduction of the Palladian or Roman style promoted by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and his protégé William Kent (d. 1748), and were used as supports for the souvenirs brought back by wealthy patrons and aristocrats from the Grand Tour.