Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild - 5th October 2022
Lot 174
A FRENCH ORMOLU FENDER
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A FRENCH ORMOLU FENDER
IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
with cherubic faun figures playing music, interspersed with war trophies and doves of peace, with scrolling leaves and lion's masks, stamped '192', together with a pair of 18th century French steel and ormolu mounted fire tongs (2)
25.5cm high, 128.5cm wide, 30.8cm deep (max)
Provenance
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Boudoir, Halton House, Buckinghamshire
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House
Literature
Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring', 1918. Listed as 'An ormolu fender, of Louis XVI design and a set of fire implements, £10.0.0..'