Lot Essay
A pair of candelabra with virtually identical Nubian figures holding spears instead of musical instruments was sold, Christie's, London, 6 December 2007, lot 199.
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CIRCA 1810-15
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A PAIR OF SWEDISH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1810-15
Each modeled as musician-playing nubians, one holding a triangle and wand, the other cymbals, each headed by a swan-adorned tripartite shaft with pinecone finial, issuing eagle-headed scrolled branches with tooled nozzles and drip-pans, above a stepped pyramidal base applied with sphinx masks and foliate trails, and a stepped square slate base
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) square, the base (2)
CIRCA 1810-15
Each modeled as musician-playing nubians, one holding a triangle and wand, the other cymbals, each headed by a swan-adorned tripartite shaft with pinecone finial, issuing eagle-headed scrolled branches with tooled nozzles and drip-pans, above a stepped pyramidal base applied with sphinx masks and foliate trails, and a stepped square slate base
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) square, the base (2)
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