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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANA MARIA ESPIRITO SANTO BUSTORFF
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1820-1830
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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1820-1830
Each with a putto seated upon a rockwork base, one with his arms raised, the other blowing a conch shell, both amongst three asymmetrically-cast acanthus-wrapped scrolling arms, on stepped and moulded square plinths with guilloche edge
18 in. (45.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1820-1830
Each with a putto seated upon a rockwork base, one with his arms raised, the other blowing a conch shell, both amongst three asymmetrically-cast acanthus-wrapped scrolling arms, on stepped and moulded square plinths with guilloche edge
18 in. (45.5 cm.) high
Engraved
Two versions of this model exist, each composed of the same basic elements. The first and best known version, of which this pair is an example, features one of the putti holding a conch shell to his lips. Of these, one pair was sold from the Collection of Hubert de Givenchy, Christie's, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 5, while another example was sold by a European Noble Family, Christie's, London, 21 June 2000, lot 187 (£60,950).
The second version features the two putti in identical but opposing positions, and this is illustrated by another pair sold from the Givenchy Collection, Christie's, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 6. An example of this variant, originally from the Baron Rothschild collection, was sold from the Collection of M. Akram Ojjeh at Christie's, Monte Carlo, 25-26 June 1979, lot 51 and may be the pair sold from the Josse Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28-29 May 1894, lot 141.
A third version attributed to Philippe Caffiéri, with the putti playing flutes, is in the Residenz, Munich and formed part of the Zweibrücken or Pfalz inheritance acquired by the Bavarian Wittelsbachs after 1799 (illustrated H. Ottomeyer & O. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. II, p. 156, fig. 3.2.1).
The second version features the two putti in identical but opposing positions, and this is illustrated by another pair sold from the Givenchy Collection, Christie's, Monaco, 4 December 1993, lot 6. An example of this variant, originally from the Baron Rothschild collection, was sold from the Collection of M. Akram Ojjeh at Christie's, Monte Carlo, 25-26 June 1979, lot 51 and may be the pair sold from the Josse Collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28-29 May 1894, lot 141.
A third version attributed to Philippe Caffiéri, with the putti playing flutes, is in the Residenz, Munich and formed part of the Zweibrücken or Pfalz inheritance acquired by the Bavarian Wittelsbachs after 1799 (illustrated H. Ottomeyer & O. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. II, p. 156, fig. 3.2.1).