Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 7th July 2021

Lot 519

A PAIR OF REGENCY PLASTER TORCHERE FIGURES OF BACCHUS AND FLORA

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A PAIR OF REGENCY PLASTER TORCHERE FIGURES OF BACCHUS AND FLORA

IN THE MANNER OF HUMPHREY HOPPER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

possibly after the bronze model by Pierre Garnier, Bacchus draped with a lion's pelt and holding a gilt brass wine cup, Flora standing beside a tree stump holding an ewer, each supporting a frosted glass storm lantern shade, mounted in gilt bronze bases on modern painted wood plinths (8)

the figures: 92.3cm high, overall: 218cm high