Description
A Pair of Fabulous 19th Century Gilt Brass Chenets of impressive proportions. Each elaborately decorated with a finial surmounting an open cast ornamental ovoid knop pierced with wrythen fluting above torus section pierced with panels of scrolling leaves, flanked by majestic lion masks bearing loop handles either side, with a row of flower-head studs around the periphery and an H-form adornment to the centre. The break bow front plinths surmounted by gadrooned C-scrolls and emblazoned with heraldic crests to the front featuring ducal crowns atop flaming lizards, 37½” (95 cm) high 15” (38 cm) wide.