4th Oct, 2022 10:00
Antiques & Furniture
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A PAIR OF BOW PORCELAIN BIRDS IN BRANCHES CANDLESTICK GROUPS, CIRCA 1762
each designed as boughs, one encrusted with flowers, the other fruit, and each featuring a bird upon a nest of chicks and another holding a berry in its beak, to naturalistic bases and each with metal leafy branches supporting decorative nozzles, each with impressed 'To' mark to base, attributed to John Toulouse or the repairer Tebo or Thiebaud. (2) 22cm high
Purchased by the vendor in 1997 from David J. Thorn Antiques, Ceramics & Works of Art, Devon.
Sold for £2,000
each designed as boughs, one encrusted with flowers, the other fruit, and each featuring a bird upon a nest of chicks and another holding a berry in its beak, to naturalistic bases and each with metal leafy branches supporting decorative nozzles, each with impressed 'To' mark to base, attributed to John Toulouse or the repairer Tebo or Thiebaud. (2) 22cm high
Auction: Antiques & Furniture, 4th Oct, 2022
Our Antiques & Furniture sale on the 4th of October will feature on Channel 5’s new show, The Great Auction Showdown with Paul Martin. Highlights include a rare Killarney box inlaid with a geographical map of Great Britain, lot 418, £1,000-1,500; a group of Minton ‘Bengal Tiger’ or ‘Crazy Cow’ pattern porcelain, lot 77, £2,000-3,000; a scarce pair of Bow ‘Birds in Branches’ candlestick groups, c.1762, lot 74, £2,000-3,000 and a 19th Century Chinese Sang De Boeuf Yuhuchunping, lot 168, £1,000-1,500.
Viewing
Monday, 3rd October 10am-7pm
