Live Auction 17346Visions of Collecting: Royal and Aristocratic, An Important Private Collection
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CONSOLE JARDINIERES
Lot 65

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CONSOLE JARDINIERES

LATE 19TH CENTURY, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE

Closed19 September 2019

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CONSOLE JARDINIERES
LATE 19TH CENTURY, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE
Each with open shaped rectangular top above a foliate frieze centred by a patera with pierced floral swagged apron on turned tapering fluted legs joined by a concave-fronted stretcher centred by an urn, both with later removable liner and stamped '1575' to the reverse
32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) deep

The Sir Michael Sobell Collection; Christie's, London, 23 June 1994, lot 88.

Specialist note

Sir Michael Sobell (1892-1993) was a British businessman and pioneer in electronics, founding the Radio & Allied Industries Ltd. which became one of Britain’s largest producers of television sets. His fortune financed his passion for horse racing allowing him to purchase Ballymacoll stud farm, breeding thoroughbreds with many notable successes which he later sold H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II. He was also a great philanthropist setting up the Anne and Michael Sobell Trust in 1962.