Some Chimneypieces by Carter the Elder in National Trust Houses

Some Chimneypieces by Thomas Carter the Elder (1702 - 56)

in National Trust Houses.

All images courtesy National Trust website

1. Uppark. The Saloon, c. 1750.

Androcles and the Lion.

Term of Hesiod.

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Uppark 2.

Chimneypiece with Children garlanding a Goat flanked by Sphinxes carved by Thomas Carter the Elder  (after designs by James Paine the elder), Stone Hall, Uppark.

Size 1576 x 2065 cms.

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Saltram

Painted Stone Chimneypiece attributed to Thomas Carter the Elder.

c. 1753 - 60

The Centre tablet should be compared with the tablet on the chimneypiece at Uppark.

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A chimneypiece with a similar tablet attributed to Henry Cheere on the market currently with the estimable Messrs. Jamb, Pimlico Road, London

see -

https://www.jamb.co.uk/site/assets/files/1305/jamb_g256_antique_chimney.pdf

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Photographs above taken by the author

with the kind permission of the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

Another similar by Henry Cheere is in the saloon at West Wycombe Park.

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Another chimneypiece with a similar tablet previously with Lassco, Brunswick House (below).

They say Georgian "style" and the quality of the carving would suggest that it is a later copy.

I was unable to inspect it.

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Chimneypiece attributed to Thomas Carter the Elder currently with dealers Chesney's of New York.

There are two chimneypieces of this period and quality with precisely the same theme seen on the plaque; one at Uppark in the Saloon and one at Saltram House, both carved by Thomas Carter the Elder 1702-1756.