A Very Large Pair of 17thC French School Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Comtesse de la Rochelle & Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse c.1630-40; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire sub-Curios In the 1850`s

In the 1850`s

The largest which is an Oleum or Oil bottle benefits from a pourer and cleft with which to pour

This particular example’s arched Pugin–like supports make it very aesthetically pleasing and desirable and tables of this form are not easy to find

Jacob Estey founded the Estey Organ Company in 1846 in Brattleboro

surviving from mid nineteenth century America

A Very Large Pair of 17thC French School Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Comtesse de la Rochelle & Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse c.1630-40; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire sub-Curios In the 1850`sOrigin: French Period: Louis XIII Provenance: Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (Possibly from the Collection of William Beckford) Date: c. 1630 40 Heights: 94. 5 Widths: 53. 5 (each & in frames) The very large French School oil on canvas portraits at approximately eight feet high each, in faux grained painted frames, depicting the Comtesse de la Rochelle and Rene Ferdinand de Precipiano, Baron de Cuse, both in their splendour, amongst country house settings