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ZAR 16 818
Lot 93
  • Pair of Cape stinkwood gueridons, 19th century


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ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
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Pair of Cape stinkwood gueridons, 19th century
each with a moulded circular tray top above a barley-twist and hexagonal tapering column terminating in a central turned finial, raised on tripod cabriole legs
(2)
1) height: 92cm 2) height: 144cm

Notes

A gueridon is an occasional stand that originated in France, its purpose being to hold a candlestick or vase. Gueridons featured in Cape inventories as early as the 18th century.

Provenance

Private Collection.



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