Harcroft House Sale

Live Auction, 18 November 2019

Session One

Sold for

ZAR 9 967
Lot 18
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
  • A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )


Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 967
Shipping
Condition Report
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About this Item

A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )signed, 90,5cm high;and a grey-veined marble pedestal, 19th/20th century, with circular top and stepped plinth base, some distress, 106cm high, 37cm diameter (2)

Notes

The plinth appears in photographs of Harcroft, Cape Town, during Charles and Muriel Rycroft's occupancy post 1951.



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