Lot 278
278
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 276-278)
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1850

Details
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN ORMOLU SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Circa 1850
Each with a rococo-style top section with a central flowerhead and foliate-cast shaft and five scroll branches with C-scroll and rockwork-cast nozzles, the neoclassic lower section with baluster shaft hung with swags with a swagged open tripod base and a canted circular base, fitted for electricity
40¼in. (102cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Estate of The 2nd Viscount Camrose, Hackwood Park, Hampshire, Christie's house sale, 20-22 April 1998, lot 14 (£29,990).

Lot Essay

The striking early neoclassicism of the bases of these candelabra is inspired by French designs of around 1760, such as a pedestal by Philippe Caffieri supplied to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in that year. That model is illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, fig. 204.

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