A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1800, NOW MOUNTED AS LAMPS

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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Circa 1800, now mounted as lamps
Each depicting a classically draped figure, supporting an urn issuing poppy-form branches and floral nozzles with gadrooned drip-pans, raised on a mask applied cylindrical pedestal with anthemia decorated bases and square plinths, previously drilled for electricity
25½in. (65cm.) high to the top nozzle (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 30 October 1993, lot 250 ($9,775 including premium).

Lot Essay

A virtually identical pair of candelabra is in the Palais de L'Élysee (illustrated in E. Dumonthier, Les Bronzes du Mobilier National: Bronzes d'Éclairage et de Chauffage, Paris, 1911, pl.30, fig. 6). Whilst a similar pair is at the Ministère de la Marine.

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