Pair of Large Italian Giltwood Hand Carved Pedestals

Sevres urn with French garden scene hand painted on the front of the urn And a French landscape painted on the verso. Sevres mark is painted Unde...

Pair of hand painted and carved wooden candle holders having a metal spike to hold candles. They are painted in a cream/ grey tone. That is very...

An Italian pair of carved and giltwood three feet tall pedestals from the early 20th century. This antique pair of architectural pedestal columns from Italy, standing approximately three feet in height, are gesso and gilt over wood. The round-shaped and fluted shafts have flattened tops and bottoms ornate with hand-carved, curled acanthus leaf motif details typical Roman Corinthian fashion. The gold gilt finish is enhanced by a wonderful patina, warmth about the leaves, and great chippy bits. These antique Italian Corinthian pedestals...

A Pair of Carved Giltwood 'Torchères Aux Dauphins' A rare and magnificent pair of torchères carved from solid wood, entirely gilded, rising from a tripartite base formed of addorsed and intertwined dolphins gathered around the central clustered column, with a further trio of mythical dolphins flanking carved shells to each side; the whole tapering towards the platform top. French, circa 1885 A variation of the famous 'torchères aux dauphins' first appearing in the 17th and 18th centuries, this pair shares the same recognizable structure. A pair can be seen at Belvoir Castle...