Live Auction 7561Simon Sainsbury The Creation of an English Arcadia
A VENETIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE
Lot 213

A VENETIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed18 June 2008

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GBP 2,000

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A VENETIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE
MID-18TH CENTURY
With an arched plate engraved with the figure of Hercules headed by scrolls and foliage in a narrow moulded giltwood frame surmounted by a small shell, formerly with candle-branches
30½ in. (77 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide

Acquired from Jeremy, 18 February 1985 (a set of three).

Specialist note

This triumphal arched sconce celebrates Roman virtue and evokes the poetic concept of abundance through labour. The heroic club-bearing Hercules is crowned by a floral baldachino incorporating 'Apollo' laurels and sunflowers. The figure was popularly associated with Ceres, harvest Goddess of Plenty, who was depicted on another sconce from the same set, sold Christie's London, 17 January 2005, lot 114.