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A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with central engine-turned bobêche issuing acanthus-cast arms supporting similarly turned bobêches and drip pans above a pierced brûle parfum supported by a pair of mythological lovers, one depicting Cupid and Psyche, the other Mercury and Herse, each surmounting a base with a relief depicting Cybele flanked by lions, the sides guarded by winged sphinxes on a grape cluster-cast plinth on bun feet--34in. (102cm.) high (2)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with central engine-turned bobêche issuing acanthus-cast arms supporting similarly turned bobêches and drip pans above a pierced brûle parfum supported by a pair of mythological lovers, one depicting Cupid and Psyche, the other Mercury and Herse, each surmounting a base with a relief depicting Cybele flanked by lions, the sides guarded by winged sphinxes on a grape cluster-cast plinth on bun feet--34in. (102cm.) high (2)