Lot 36
Lot 36
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PROPERTY OF THE EARL OF HAREWOOD
A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE ORMOLU AND GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810

Price Realised GBP 17,640
Estimate
GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000
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A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE ORMOLU AND GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810

Price Realised GBP 17,640
Price Realised GBP 17,640
Details
Each with four frosted glass dishes supported by a central column surmounted by a putto bearing a laurel wreath, on a circular base with three dancing maidens, three stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS', the glass dishes replaced
241⁄2 in. (62 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Earls of Harewood at Harewood House, Yorkshire,
and by descent.
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Lot Essay

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), maître fondeur-ciseleur in 1772.

Related etageres by Thomire with the same bacchantes decorating the base but with two rather than three tiers were formerly in the collection of King Umberto II of Italy and sold Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d’Azur, Christie's London, 22-23 March 2017, lot 576.

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