Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Gilt

A George III Carved Gilt-Wood Chippendale Mirror
A Pair of Late 18th Century Pontypool Chestnut Urns
A Nineteenth Century Three Tier Etagere
A Regency Period Rosewood & Parcel-Gilt Side-Cabinet
A George I Carved Giltwood Side Table
A George III Carved Gilt-Wood Mirror
A George III Carved Giltwood Overmantel Mirror
An Important Pair of George III Gilt-wood Settees in the Manner of Thomas Chippendale the Younger
A Pair of Regency Period Amboyna & Brass Mounted Etageres with Simulated Marble Tops
A Pair of George III Giltwood Bergeres Atrributed to Francois Herve and Probably Supplied by Henry Holland.
A Nineteenth Century Tole Watering Can
A Regency Period Painted Tole Basket with Pierced and Gilded Decoration
A Pair of Regency Parcel-Gilt Corner Shelves
A Magnificent Carlton House Boulle-Inlaid Table Designed for George, The Prince of Wales, The Prince Regent,
A George III Parcel-Gilt and Painted Satinwood Pier Table
A George III Giltwood Border Glass Mirror
A Pair of Regency Day Beds
A Regency Rosewood and Brass-Inlaid Side Cabinet Attributed to Gillow of Lancaster
A Pair of George III Giltwood Armchairs By Thomas Chippendale
A Regency Period Giltwood and Ebonised Girandole Convex Mirror
A Pair of George III Adam Period Carved Giltwood Mirrors
A George III Carved Giltwood Mirror
An Important Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinets
A Rare and Unusually Large Early 19th Century Nodding Figure of a Chinaman Attributed to Giovanni Domenico Gianelli
A Most Impressive George II Carved Gilt-Wood Mirror
A Pair of George III Carved Giltwood Mirrors
A Superb Pair of Giltwood Girandoles Attributed to William France
A George III Carved Giltwood Overmantel Mirror
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Regency Penwork Tables
A Nineteenth Century Etagere of Most Unusual Form and Fine Quality
A George III Oval Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror
A Garniture of Three 19th Century Bloor Derby Porcelain Bough Pots
A Mid Nineteenth Century Decorated Tole Jardiniere
A Pair of George I Carved Giltwood Mirrors
An Exceptional George III Carved Gilt Wood Oval Mirror
A Regency Period Carved Giltwood Convex Mirror
A Rare Queen Anne Blue Japanned Bureau Cabinet
A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Commode
A Very Rare Pair of Cloisonné Cranes
A George III Rolled Paperwork Box, decorated by Mary Earnshaw of Wakefield in 1795
A Pair of George III Gilt Carton-Pierre Oval Mirrors
A Highly Important George III Carved Giltwood Pier Mirror
A George III Chippendale Period Carved Giltwood Mirror
A George III Inlaid Occasional Table in the Manner of Pierre Langlois
A Very Rare Pair of Eighteenth Century Coalport Lustres
A Rare Regency Rosewood and Parcel-Gilt Revolving Bookstand
A Pair of George III Period Satinwood, Decorated and Parcel-Gilt Side Tables
A Pair of Robert Adam designed Giltwood Torcheres
A Fine Pair of Harewood And Inlaid Side Tables by William Gates
A Superb Pair of Empire Figural Candelabra
A Very Rare Pair of Queen Anne Giltwood Border Glass Mirrors
A Regency Period Gilt, Ebonised and Decorated Wall Sconce
A Highly Important Georgian Giltwood Mirror Designed By Matthias Lock and Signed by the Carver James Hill
A George III Regency Period Convex Mirror by Thomas Fentham
A Pair of Robert Adam designed Giltwood Torcheres

A Pair of Robert Adam designed Giltwood Torcheres

Height: 57 I /2" 146cm
Width: 161 /2" 42cm

The tripod bases entwined with Mercury's symbolic caduceous. The channeled legs with rams' head and hoof embellishments above tri-partite platform bases supported on shaped feet. The Neo-Classical design modeled after the antique Greek tripod found in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and popularised by Adam. "The type popularised by Adam consisted of three long ram-headed uprights, supporting the top and enclosing a vase or column. This structure was sometimes mounted on a plinth, a snake twisted round the tripod recalling the ornament of the classic originals." The Dictionary of English Furniture.

English, Circa 1780

Provenance
The Late Major F.H.D. Jervoise of Herriard Park, Basingstoke.

'Works in Architecture' by Robert Adam, 17 7 3. Vol II, n.I Plate VIII.
Illustrates a design for a torchere as a 'Tripod for vase for candles'.
New Designs for Vases & Tripods' by George Richardson 1773. Plate 2 3 Illustrates a tripod with rams masks and serpents.
The Dictionary of English Furniture' by R. Edwards. Illustrates an almost identical torchere from Clandon Park, Surrey.