Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The undersides of the arms with classical leaf scrolled decoration, fanning out to folding leaf cup, raised on a leaf socle. The socles centre the folding leaf capitals of the outward and downward tapering columns, held within rising leaf collars and likewise concave and leaf banded socles. The columns standing on scrolled and classical anthemion decorated scrolled legs, finished with lions paw feet. The whole raised on triangular concave sided stepped plinths, capped with a leaf and flower rondel. The stepping to the plinths banded with spreading anthemion.
The bronze with an excellent patination, and a good contrast toe the Sienna marble.
Date circa 1830.
Height 23 inches, 59cm.
Depth 9 1/2 inches, 24cm.
Width 9 1/2 inches, 24cm.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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