Fibre Glass Copies of Gilt Torcheres

Details

Date

Author / Artist

After James 'Athenian' Stuart

Dimensions

185cm

Material

Fibre Glass

Catalogue number

HBT.66

Current location

Marble Saloon

Four Fibre Glass copies of Gilt torcheres (Atheniennes): each with a bowl top in green applied leafage and ribbon garlands with Bacchanalian masks over three supports in the form of winged gryphons on leopards legs, spaced by leaf scroll brackets and tricorn platform, one with the base repaired, possibly later gilding. (5ft 8in high)(MB ref HB08AT01-04)