Lot 322
A 19th century walnut jardiniere and stand
Auction: 25 June 2003 at 12:00 BST
£4,935
Description
in the 17th century Venetian taste, profusely carved and pierced, the circular bowl carved with fruits and flowers of plenty, with three pendants raised on tall Renaissance style baluster pedestal with Green Man masks, acanthus leaf clasps, festoons and tied fruit, on concave triangular base with winged caryatids, cherubs and further masks, on conforming carved plinth and saucer feet
54cm diameter, 175cm high
Footnote
Note: Sold Sotheby's House Sale, Colstoun, East Lothian, May 1990, Lot 193.
An almost identical hardwood torchere was sold at Sworders, October 2002, bearing inscriptions on the cartouches "Madras" and "JD"