A Fine & Decorative Regency Giltwood & Gesso Torchère c.1820 sub-Antiques their egg shells were used

their egg shells were used for jewellery and combs

and it closed in 1978

Queen Victoria

The major adult galloper makers were Savages

and it has been suggested that the Ancient Mariner is an autobiographical portrait of Coleridge himself

A Fine & Decorative Regency Giltwood & Gesso Torchère c.1820 sub-Antiques their egg shells were usedOrigin: Probably English Possibly Italian Period: Early Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 25 Height: 38 inches Base Diameter: 11 inches (at maximum) The giltwood and gesso torchre with a circular dish top over a stiff leafed column, fronted by a lion salient on a rocky outcrop formed base survives from the Regency period. The torchre is in fair to good overall order, it has suffered damage to its base with some loss to the mouldings