
No reserve
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
on three two-tailed mermaid supports linked by swags of shells, gilt interiors, marked on bases
45 oz 15 dwt
1424 g
Diameter 3 1/2 in.
8.9 cm
Sotheby's, London, 7 November 1996, lot 199
The bold modeling of the mermaid supports is evocative of the mermaid figures at the base of a candelabrum designed by Kent, engraved by Vardy and published in Some Designs of Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent, pl. 18.
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