Lot 301
SIR ROBERT LORIMER
PAIR OF OAK BOOKENDS, CIRCA 1910
Auction: 10 November 2010 at 11:00 GMT
£1,750
Description
possibly carved by W and A Clow, the ends carved with winged angels, one playing a drum one playing a flute supported on arched bracket and raised on a cantered rectangular base
Dimensions
51.5cm long, 24cm high, 13cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Sir James Morton, Teuther, Carlisle and by family descent
Literature: Hussey, Christopher 'The Works of Sir Robert Lorimer', pub. 1931, plate 142
Note: The carved figure on these book ends are similar to those found on furniture in the Thistle Chapel, Edinburgh, by the same hand