Lot 58
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After the models by Claude Michel, called Clodion, circa 1880
After the models by Claude Michel, called Clodion, circa 1880
After the models by Claude Michel, called Clodion, circa 1880
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After the models by Claude Michel, called Clodion, circa 1880

A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PEDESTALS

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After the models by Claude Michel, called Clodion, circa 1880
A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PEDESTALS
Modelled as a semi-clad satyr and a bacchante, each supporting a spirally-gadrooned cornucopia issuing a two-tier candelabrum with scrolled candle branches, on a columnar plinth with spreading leaf-cast foot, on modern rectangular rouge marble pedestals, fitted for electricity
56 ½ in. (143.5 cm.) high, the candelabra, excluding fitment; 85 ½ in. (217.5 cm.) high, overall
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Provenance
The Property of a South Florida Collector; Christie’s, New York, 17-18 October 2012, lot 249 ($56,250).
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Lot Essay

This model was widely admired in the 19th century and bronziers such as Beurdeley and Wertheimer are known to have executed candelabra of this form. While the former sold a pair at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-9 May 1895, lot 95, the sale of Samuel Wertheimer's collection at Christie's, London also included 'The patterns for a pair of large candelabra in the style of Clodion' as lot 13. Further pairs of this model with eleven lights are known, of which two are in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, Vol. I, no. 165, pp. 688-9) and a further pair was sold from the Collection of Samson Wertheimer, Christie's, London, 15-18 March 1892, lot 331. More recently, another pair sold The Cowdray Park sale, Christie's, Cowdray Park, 13-15 September 2011, lot 104 (£73,250).

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