A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV PEWTER AND BONE-INLAID, EBONY AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY TORCHERES
Lot 9 THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
(LOTS 6-10)

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV PEWTER AND BONE-INLAID, EBONY AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY TORCHERES

IN THE MANNER OF ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed6 July 2012

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV PEWTER AND BONE-INLAID, EBONY AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY TORCHERES
IN THE MANNER OF ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each with a moulded octagonal top inlaid with a floral wreath centred by a bird, decorated with arabesques to the edges, above a turned tapering shaft and a tripod base with S-scrolled legs, one with label inscribed '19145', the ebonised shafts later, minor losses and repairs
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) diameter (2)

Acquired in the first half of the 19th century
Recorded in the 1864 inventory (illustrated here)
Thence by descent.