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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONVEX GIRANDOLE
Lot 287

A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONVEX GIRANDOLE

BY WILLIAM GOULD & SON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed2 July 2014

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GBP 4,000

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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONVEX GIRANDOLE
BY WILLIAM GOULD & SON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The frame applied with spheres, surmounted by a displayed eagle hung with tasseled orbs, issuing berried laurel and acanthus branches, with a conforming apron issuing a candle branch, with maker's paper label and Andrews & Sons, Cardiff depository label printed ‘13048’
28 ¾ x 15 in. (73 x 38 cm.)

Specialist note

William Gould & Son traded from 78 Grace Church Street, London, as carvers, gilders and as a looking glass manufactory from 1781-1840. The business was a substantial one and insurance cover on stock and utensils in 1812 amounted to £1,500 (C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, London, 1986, p. 360).