A PAIR OF ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Of Régence style, each with a concave-sided canted and moulded triangular plinth with C-scrolls and palmettes to each side, issuing three double-scrolled panelled foliate-wrapped branches terminating in goat's heads supporting fluted and gadrooned circular drip-pans and conforming urn-shaped nozzles with foliate removable drip-pans, centred by a foliate and gadrooned baluster shaft terminating in a large nozzle with conforming drip-pan, above the main shaft centred by a C-scroll cartouche with a Roman emperor medallion, the concave-sided and canted moulded triangular base with foliate-wrapped sphinxes to each point supporting foliate garlands from their scrolled tails, the plinth centred to each side by an espagnolette mask within an imbricated C-scrolled and laurel-garland cartouche, on fluted tapering square feet, one nozzle and drip-pan loose, the underside and base of the branches stamped 'Y' on one and 'T' on the other
20 in. (51 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

This model forms part of a group of candelabra with candle-arms terminating in rams' heads or têtes de belier, the designs of which are firmly attributed to André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). The design proved to be very popular well into the 19th Century and a number of 18th and 19th Century versions survive. A candelabra of identical design is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 57, fig. 1.7.3, while a pair of undated candelabra of this model was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 26 April 1994, lot 159.

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