Lot Essay
A pair of candelabra of closely related design is illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor; Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, vol. II, pp. 698-699, cat. 170, with a further pair was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 5 November 1992, lot 273.