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Lot 260

A Regency Egyptian Revival cast and wrought iron register grate

4 November 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

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A Regency Egyptian Revival cast and wrought iron register grate

The frieze cast with central winged scarab with entwined serpent flanked by crocodiles above caryatid supports, the integral grate with Egyptian masks, 89cm wide, 95cm deep, 32cm high (35in wide, 37in deep, 12 1/2in high).

Footnotes

A related Egyptianesque fire grate photographed in-situ at 64 Queen Street, Edinburgh is illustrated in A.Bolton, The Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Vol.II, London, 1922, p. 212. Another similar sold Christies, The Nigel Bartlett Collection, Chimneypieces and Architectural Elements, 14 September 2005, lot 150.

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