A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 120-122)

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
Each with a gadrooned and lotus-leaf nozzle above a drip-pan issuing from a garlanded cornucopia upheld by a male and female winged figure, on a foliate base with foliate stand above a square plinth, one stamped 'SAV' twice and the other 'SAV' and '26'
14 in. (36 cm.) high (2)

Sale room notice

The figure which is detached from its base will be repaired at Christie's expense after the sale.

Lot Essay

An unattributed drawing in the Bibliothèque nationale, Le Cabinet d'Estampes, depicts a design of a candelabra with a youth standing on a nearly identical base (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 390, fig. 5.17.2).

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