Lot Essay
Similar examples are illustrated, Jean Pierre Samoyault, 'Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrès sous le Premier Empire' -- Fontainbleau Collection Catalogue, page 175.
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A pair of Empire ormolu candlesticks, after a model by Claude Galle, the cylindrical, banded and engine milled nozzles supported by triple female masks, on tapering shafts with tripod feet, on circular stiff-leaf chased bases -- 10¾in. (27.3cm.) high. (2)