A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TORCHÉRES A fine pair of late 18th century Adam period carved giltwood torchéres, each with a circular top with leaf-carved edge, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with acanthus leaves, above a fluted shaft with a gadrooned rim, on a spreading acanthus tripod base with cabriole legs headed by rams' heads with rosettes interspersed between, terminating in scroll feet. English, circa 1780 Height: 4 ft 10 ¾ in; 149 cm Diameter of the tops: 1 ft ½ in; 32 cm Provenance: Gallerie Ramsay, Paris; Private Collection, France.