Lot 140
140
A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, ROUGE GRIOTTE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, ROUGE GRIOTTE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADE FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, ROUGE GRIOTTE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADE FOR THE ITALIAN MARKET
Each modelled with a classically-dressed maiden holding classical urns issuing fruited vine-cast scrolled branches with feather-cast drip-pans and beaded nozzles and a central torch with berried cone finial, above a cylindrical plinth supported by three winged griffins joined by ribbon-tied swags, above a tripod base, on tooled circular feet
31½ in. (80 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

These impressive candelabra are closely related to a set of four candelabra, c.1785, at Pavlovsk, St. Petersburg, illustrated in Pavlovsk, The Collections, 1993, Paris, p. 190, fig. 32. Closely related examples recently to have sold at auction include a pair from the Collection of Nelson Grimaldi Seabra, Christie's, New York, 22 October 2003, lot 72, while a further pair was sold from the Valentine Collection, Christie's, New York, 21 October 2005, lot 172.

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