Pair English Regency Rams Head Parcel-Gilt Carved Torcheres

Circa 1950 Pair large mid century Italian brass wall lights Price is for the pair (In as sourced condition) Measures: W 5...

19th century English large pair London & Glasgow Air Vent lamps, circa 1898 Brass makers plates ‘Boyles Air Inlet’ copper plate top and feet Rewired and pat tested Price is...

Circa 1800 Georgian Giltwood Country House Rams Head Wall Sconces Provenance: Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, ...

Hand-hammered brass candleholder. Arts & Crafts. Measures: H 45, W 15 (base), D 11.5 cm (top).

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of original antique hand carved Rams head and hoof torchiere Jardiniere stands with faux ...

Pair of torchères in gilded and carved wood, dated from the middle of the 18th century in Portuguese, the base is a triangular shape that rests on three small feet. retains its orig...

A Monumental Pair of Early Victorian Period English Giltwood Torcheres with Rams Heads, Laurels, and Swags. This pair of carved and giltwood torchères features a neoclassical design...

A fine and rare pair of English Regency period torchères, or stands (or candle stands) in the manner of Thomas Hope. Circa 1810. Both are raised on tapering simulated-bronze column supports with circular tops and fluted gilt collars, on concave-sided triform bases with winged-panther mask monopodia. The column bases issue from spreading, gilded, carved lotuses. These antique torcheres might also be referred to as columns, ornamental stands, candle sticks, or candelabra. In superb condition throughout. Literature: ‘Thomas Hope – Regency Designer’ ed. David Watkin & Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (2008). The Aurora Room, Duchess Street, photo from V & A Museum, fig. 68-1, p. 378. The Royal Collection, HM Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 588- 1-2, 45- 1-2, figs. 78-2, 78-3, p. 396. The Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, illustr. 88, p. 414. The pair of stands we are offering here correspond closely to the pair in the Faringdon Collection (see above). Watkin and Hewat-Jaboor state; ‘’A ‘Roman’ stand of this precise design, perhaps an imaginative variation on one published by Visconti*, is illustrated in ‘Household Furniture’, plate L, number 2… Hope also owned several classical Roman candelabra...