Lot Essay
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WEDNESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 1997
CATALOGUE
All sales subject to the Condition of Business printed in this catalogue
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AFTERNOON SESSION AT 2.00 P.M. PRECISELY
(Lots 1 - 215)
CLOCKS AND WORKS OF ART
(Lots 1 - 21)
a pair of empire ormolu and bronze three-light candelabra
Details
a pair of empire ormolu and bronze three-light candelabra
Each with a putto holding a torch, issuing a central spreading shaft and two scrolling acanthus-wrapped branches, surmounted by circular nozzles and drip-pans, the circular base with reeded shaft above a waisted border and a spreading foot cast with overlapping roundels, on a square plinth
40cm. high (2)
Each with a putto holding a torch, issuing a central spreading shaft and two scrolling acanthus-wrapped branches, surmounted by circular nozzles and drip-pans, the circular base with reeded shaft above a waisted border and a spreading foot cast with overlapping roundels, on a square plinth
40cm. high (2)