Treasures
Treasures
Property of the Trustees of the Lord Swinton Will Trust
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.
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.