Lot Essay
An identical chandelier is illustrated and discussed in, H. Parrot Bacot, Nineteenth Century Lighting, Candle Powered Devices: 1783 - 1883, Pennsylvania 1987, p. 208.
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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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AN EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN LIGHT CHANDELIER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The flared ormolu body issuing six patinated bronze branches modelled as Mercury's arms, each with three lights issuing from his sceptre, suspended from an anthemion adorned corona by six chains
Approx. 46 in. (117 cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The flared ormolu body issuing six patinated bronze branches modelled as Mercury's arms, each with three lights issuing from his sceptre, suspended from an anthemion adorned corona by six chains
Approx. 46 in. (117 cm.) high
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