39 West Street Litchfield, CT 08759 , United States Call Seller 860.567.9693 Showrooms

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39 West Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
United States

HUMPHREY HOPPER (1765-1844) BRITISH

$ 27,500
  • Description
    Figural Torchières of Goddesses Hygeia and Ceres
    Inscribed on verso (bases): August 2, 1813 H. Hopper London (Hygeia);
    Mar. 2, 1813 H. Hopper London (Ceres)
    Plaster with white paint, brass torchières
    Over-all in fine condition, some areas of touch-ups, minor imperfections, torchières of a later date
    Provenance: Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina; Christie’s, London, Important English Furniture, 1997, lot 32.
    Near life-size, these wonderful figures depict Hygeia holding a cup and snake and Ceres with a fruiting grapevine crown, both in contrapposto poses with raised arms holding torchières, standing on conforming, molded plinths.
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Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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