Live Auction 21919An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PAINTED PLASTER TORCHERES
Lot 103

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PAINTED PLASTER TORCHERES

MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF PIRANESI

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 5,000–8,000

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PAINTED PLASTER TORCHERES
MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF PIRANESI
The circular tops with egg-and-dart borders on a fluted pedestal elaborately decorated with floral swags, acanthus leaves and rams' heads, on a tri-form pedestal base
56 1/2 in. (143.5 cm.) high

Fasque - The Scottish Seat of the Gladstones; sold Christie's, London, 7 May 2008, lot 65.

Specialist note

These flower-festooned candelabra with festive bacchic ram and lion masks, provided decorative antique ornament for conservatories etc., and were popularised by 19th century publications such as N.L. Durand's, Autels, Répieds, Candelabres, Lampes, Meubles, Paris, 1802; and H. Moses's, A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, etc., London, 1814.