Live Auction 7608Important European Furniture and Sculpture
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWO-TIER ETAGERES
Lot 134

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWO-TIER ETAGERES

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed10 July 2008

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GBP 10,000

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWO-TIER ETAGERES
BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with plain turned shaft issuing the cut-glass dishes surmounted by a foliate-wrapped ring carrying handle, above a spreading down-swept foliate matted base and stepped square plinth, each stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS'
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter (2)

Specialist note

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), maître fondeur-ciseleur in 1772.

A related pair or Empire ormolu and cut-glass étagères by Thomire, formerly the property of King Umberto II of Italy, were sold, Christie's, London, 9 December 2004, lot 44 (£20,315.