A Large Pair of 18thC Carved & Painted Oak Architectural Columns sub-Curios 1815-1864) who are the name

1815-1864) who are the name most people associate with this period and were highly regarded for producing quality papier mâché wares

Recovered from an unidentified wreck and still partially enveloped with sea bed encrustations

This piece has both a floral and geometric theme

depicting in the first and fourth quarters the three passant guardant lions of England

A Large Pair of 18thC Carved & Painted Oak Architectural Columns sub-Curios 1815-1864) who are the nameOrigin: English Period: Queen Anne George I II Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 1750 Height: 64 (each) Diameters: 9 tops The decorative and beautifully aged carved English solid oak columns or pilasters of half round form with flat squared off reverses, the rounds chamfered, both topped by a rather primitively carved acanthus leaf capital with ring turned collars, in untouched condition with remnants of painted decoration to each, probably hailing