Lot Essay
An identical model can be found in Waddesdon Manor, Warwick Castle and is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 57, no. 1.7.3.
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AFTER A MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
AFTER A MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each issuing three leaf-capped scroll branches terminating in rams' heads, the stem cast with Roman Emperors' busts on a concave tripartite platform base mounted by sphinxes, on tapering fluted legs, adapted for electricity, damages and losses
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high, 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) diameter, excluding fitments
AFTER A MODEL BY ANDRE-CHARLES BOULLE, OF LOUIS XIV STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each issuing three leaf-capped scroll branches terminating in rams' heads, the stem cast with Roman Emperors' busts on a concave tripartite platform base mounted by sphinxes, on tapering fluted legs, adapted for electricity, damages and losses
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high, 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) diameter, excluding fitments
Literature
F. Grand d’Hauteville, Le Château d’Hauteville, Lausanne, 1932, pp. 127 and 129 (in situ).
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