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CIRCA 1775
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1775
Each with ribbon-twist collar and laurel-swagged classical urn finial, the tapering shaft with guilloche and foliate trails, on a domed tripartite panelled base with ribbon-tied silhouette medallions flanked by acanthus pounced panels, the drip-pans associated
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1775
Each with ribbon-twist collar and laurel-swagged classical urn finial, the tapering shaft with guilloche and foliate trails, on a domed tripartite panelled base with ribbon-tied silhouette medallions flanked by acanthus pounced panels, the drip-pans associated
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly purchased by George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) in Paris and by descent.
Literature
Possibly Wrotham Park 1847 Inventory, 'DRAWING ROOM Four pairs of ormolu candlesticks'
Special notice
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