1st Jun, 2023 12:30

Summer Specialist Sale

 
Lot 170
 

Fine neoclassical style statuary marble chimneypiece or fireplace surround

Fine neoclassical style statuary marble chimneypiece or fireplace surround, probably George III period, circa 1790, of Carrara and Sienna marble, the moulded mantel over reeded frieze centred by a tablet carved with a bowl of flowers between vines, the uprights headed by urns above ribbons, laurel and flowers, internal dimensions 114cm wide x 103cm high, externally 167cm wide (mantel) x 131cm high, together with plinth/hearth 46cm x 155cm

Estate of the late Iann Barron, Barrow Court, but probably purchased for 17 The Circus, Bath (once the home of the artist Thomas Gainsborough). Sold with original receipt for £17,000 stating "18th Century marble fireplace... circa 1780", November 1987.

Sold for £7,200


 

Fine neoclassical style statuary marble chimneypiece or fireplace surround, probably George III period, circa 1790, of Carrara and Sienna marble, the moulded mantel over reeded frieze centred by a tablet carved with a bowl of flowers between vines, the uprights headed by urns above ribbons, laurel and flowers, internal dimensions 114cm wide x 103cm high, externally 167cm wide (mantel) x 131cm high, together with plinth/hearth 46cm x 155cm

Estate of the late Iann Barron, Barrow Court, but probably purchased for 17 The Circus, Bath (once the home of the artist Thomas Gainsborough). Sold with original receipt for £17,000 stating "18th Century marble fireplace... circa 1780", November 1987.

Auction: Summer Specialist Sale, 1st Jun, 2023

The sale of the contents from Barrow Court, the former home of the late technology entrepreneur Iann Barron C.B.E. 

In Focus: The Barrow Court Sale

Summer Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors Items

The Wine Auction, from the cellars of Barrow Court, and a major consignment, which has until recently been professionally stored at LCB Dinton.

In Focus: The Wine Auction

 

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