Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A Roman Bronze Oil Lamp, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
in the form of a sandaled foot with leaf-shaped ring-handle plate, fluted funnel, and suspension chain, ivy leaves falling over the heel on either side of the handle, the lid surmounted by a seated figure of sleeping Eros, the nails, leaves and other details with remains of silver overlay.
Length 18 cm.
Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (Cock, London, A catalogue of the collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford, deceased, March 8th, 1741-2, no. 7)
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, acquired at the above sale
Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828), Strawberry Hill, by descent from the above
George, 7th Earl Waldegrave (1816-1846), Strawberry Hill (sale: George Robins, A Catalogue of the Classic Content of Strawberry Hill, collected by Horace Walpole, May 16th, 1842, Day 13, no. 86)
Bram Hertz, Marlborough Street, London, acquired at the above sale
Louis Fould (1794-1858), Paris (Charles Pillet, Paris, Catalogue de la précieuse collection d'objets d'art, d'antiquités et de tableaux formée par feu M. Louis Fould, June 4th, 1860, and following days, no. 1349)
André Fétrot, Paris
acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1995
Published
Horace Walpole, A Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole, Youngest Son of Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, near Twickenham, with an Inventory of the Furniture, Pictures, Curiosities, &c., London, 1774, p. 101
Horace Walpole, A Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Wapole ... at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex. With an Inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c., Strawberry Hill, 1784, illus.
Anatole Chabouillet, Description des antiquités et objets d'art composant le cabinet de M. Louis Fould, Paris, 1861, p. 63, no. 1239, pl. XVIII
L'artiste: Beaux-Arts et Belles-Lettres, vol. 1, 1866, illus. etw. pp. 184 and 185
Chr. Abelé, Les Varin, une dynastie de graveurs, 1987, p. 79, no. 66
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