Lot Essay
Photographed in 1902 in the Red Drawing Room at Althorp, on the mantelpiece beneath Rembrandt's portrait of his mother.
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SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
With eagle supports and associated glass nozzles, later adapted to lamps with pleated shades
21 in. (54 cm.) high overall (2)
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
With eagle supports and associated glass nozzles, later adapted to lamps with pleated shades
21 in. (54 cm.) high overall (2)
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. II, circa 1937 and later
Special notice
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