A pair of French ormolu four-branch candelabra

IN THE REGENCE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of French ormolu four-branch candelabra
In the Regence style, Late 19th Century
Each with a turned baluster stem, the centre with a portrait bust, below the scrolled branches with ram's mask terminals and central upright, each with foliate nozzle and drip-pan, on triform base cast with caryatid sphinxes, on square baluster feet, the underside numerously stamped A.D., re-gilt
23¾in. (60.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of candelabra of the same design are in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. Another pair are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen Muich 1986, Vol. 1, p. 57.

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