Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU CENTREPIECE
Lot 97

A RESTAURATION ORMOLU CENTREPIECE

BY PIERRE PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820-30

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 4,750

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU CENTREPIECE
BY PIERRE PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1820-30
With an associated hob-nail cut glass dish, the bowl supported by two cherubs above an oval base, signed 'THOMIRE A PARIS', the dish broken
15 in. (38 cm.) high, overall; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep

Urban Huttleston Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966), Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, by whom given to Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A., Christmas 1950.

Specialist note

Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. was friends with Lord Fairhaven for whom he designed the picture gallery at Anglesey Abbey in 1955.