Early 19th Century Bronze Figures of Griffins

Early 19th Century Bronze Figures of GriffinsAn exquisite and very rare Regency period pair of bronze desktop ornaments modelled as Griffins with lion's heads. England, early 19th century. Why We Like Them We love the exquisite sculptural quality of these griffins, the superb cast and their noble, time worn patina. Design These exquisite bronze ornaments, modelled as chimerical winged lionesses sacred to the deity Apollo and emblematic of sovereignty and power, are informed by a design by the

designed by James Wyatt and executed by the sculptor Richard Westmacott in the early 1790s

in giltwood

Herculaneum was first excavated in the years between 1750 and 1765 by Karl Weber by means of tunnels

and for visiting dignitaries and the simply curious

Side Chairs:

late George III – early Regency era giltwood music stool of Klismos’ form

including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The British Museum in London

A very fine and unusual late George III - early Regency period hall chair of exceptional quality

'Early 19th-Century Furniture at the Bank of England’

Enriching the eyes and ears

The bold palmette and roundel motifs woven into the fabric are quintessentially Napoleonic

Height: 20