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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 18TH CENTURY EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The branches supported by winged sphinxes on white and black marble plinths with stiff-leaf galleries
17 in. (43.3 cm.) high (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The branches supported by winged sphinxes on white and black marble plinths with stiff-leaf galleries
17 in. (43.3 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly acquired by the Comte and Comtesse Flahaut de la Billardière.
Thence by descent with the Marquises of Lansdowne at Meiklour, Perthshire and Bowood House, Wiltshire and by descent.
Thence by descent with the Marquises of Lansdowne at Meiklour, Perthshire and Bowood House, Wiltshire and by descent.
Literature
C. Hussey, 'Chirk Castle', Country Life, 5 October 1951, fig.6. (illustrated in situ in the Dining Room).
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