SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Second quarter 19th Century
Each with three drapery-swagged maidens bearing six scrolling foliate branches, each with a foliate nozzle and drip-pan, with conforming foliate nozzle finial, on a scrolled tripartite base and concave-sided plinth, drilled for electricity, one with additional collar on the socle above the maidens
One 37 in. (94 cm.) high; the other 36¾ in. (93 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 22 May 1980, lot 5.

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Lot Essay

The candelabra pillar comprises Trajanic figures derived from a mourning Dacian 'Caryatid', such as featured in William Chambers's Treatise on Civil Architecture of 1759, and here adapted as veiled nymphs, emblematic of Night. In 1806 the 'Dacian' figures were introduced for candelabra designed for Carlton House, London by Benjamin Vulliamy (d. 1821), 'Furniture Man' to George, Prince of Wales ('Carlton House: The Past Glories of George IV's Palace', Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1991, no. 151). These 'Night' figures also feature on a bronze William IV colza-lamp, sold anonymously in these Rooms, 26 May 1988, lot 8.

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