A PAIR OF REGENCY AND BRONZED MAHOGANY PEDESTALS
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A PAIR OF REGENCY AND BRONZED MAHOGANY PEDESTALS

CIRCA 1810

Fermé19 January 2017

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A PAIR OF REGENCY AND BRONZED MAHOGANY PEDESTALS
CIRCA 1810
Each with a later triangular verde antico top above a conforming base with satyr mask corners joined by garlands, two sides with star-form mounts, with paper label inscribed Altmayer/Pratt
26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high, 22 in. (56 cm.) wide, 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep

Acquired from Pratt & Sons, London.

Note du spécialiste

The male ram-horned masks strongly recall Thomas Hope's illustrations in his Costume of the Ancients (2 vols), 1809, and are mostly likely inspired by plate 187, vol. 2.