Lot 88
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1800, PROBABLY MOSCOW

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1800, probably Moscow
Each with tapering stem decorated with ram's masks, headed by a hatched circular drip pan, nozzle and collar, above paw feet resting on a sphere, on a circular foot with a lotus-flower and palmette ring
13½ in. (34 cm.) high; (2)
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Lot Essay

These candlesticks are part of a relatively unknown group of decorative objects, which is traditionally associated with Moscow bronze work (I. Sychev, The Russian Chandeliers 1760-1830, Moscow, 2003, pp. 189-192, figs. 968-969). An identical pair is at Arkhangelskoye near Moscow, in the Prince's Study or Third Corner Room, which was decorated between 1810 and 1820 with a suite of ormolu-mounted Karelian birch furniture (V. Rapoport, Arkhangelskoye, Leningrad, 1984, fig. 49).

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