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Property of the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust

A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain figures of leopards, the porcelain circa 1745, the mounts mid-18th century

Auction Closed

July 5, 02:27 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust


A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain figures of leopards, the porcelain circa 1745, the mounts mid-18th century

on scroll and foliate cast bases


21.5cm. wide; 8½in.

Acquired by Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham of Swinton (1815-1906), circa 1890 for Swinton Park, North Yorkshire;

thence by descent to his grand-daughter and heir Mary Constance "Molly" Boynton (d.1890-1974), who married Philip Lloyd-Greame (who took the name Cunliffe-Lister), later 1st Earl of Swinton, and by descent to the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust.