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The Dunham Massey Sconces The Dunham Massey Sconces
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The Dunham Massey Sconces

Peter Archambo I

Art Funded
1997
Dimensions
41 cm
Vendor
Private vendor
Two sconces from a set of six, one depicting Diana and Actaeon, the other Prometheus bound.

Commissioned by Lord Warrington for the Great Bedchamber at Dunham Massey. Archambo was an eminent Huguenot goldsmith.

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758); now at Sotheby's.

Silver

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Art we’ve helped buy at Dunham Massey

The Dunham Massey Sconces
 Acquired 1997
Portrait of a Lady of Title
 Acquired 2011
Ewer
 Acquired 2003
Egg-cup frame & 10 egg cups
 Acquired 1998

A helmet-shaped George II silver ewer from the Warrington plate is believed to have been made by David Willaume II and is engraved with George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington's armorials.

Two sconces from a set of six, one depicting Diana and Actaeon, the other Prometheus bound were commissioned by Lord Warrington for the Great Bedchamber at Dunham Massey.

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