Lot 301
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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED COBALT BLUE PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED COBALT BLUE PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each baluster-form vase applied to the front and back with a foliate swag, flanked by twin entwined-serpent handles, issuing a floral bouquet of leafy candlearms
31½ in. (80 cm.) high (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

These foliate candelabra are modelled after several 18th century originals. A similar porcelain example, without the garland, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Jones Collection 982A-1882 (see H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 259). Clearly a popular design, the snake-handled vase was copied throughout the 19th century.

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