A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
LATE 18TH CENTURY
One modelled with the figure of Zephyr, the other of Flora, holding a fluted cornucopia issuing a central stem surmounted by a pinecone finial, with three scrolling foliate branches terminating in circular drip-pans and nozzles, above a circular rouge griotte pedestal on a square plinth
32 ¾ in. (83 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The present pair of candelabra are related to a model for a Sèvres group of 'Flore et Zephyr' supplied by Louis-Simon Boizot, who was director of sculpture at Sèvres, in 1774 (see E. Bourgeois and G. Lechevallier-Chevignard, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, Recueil des modèles de la Manufacture de Sèvres au XVIIIe Siècle, vol. I, p. 23, no. 311).

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