A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

MID-19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
MID-19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC
12 ½ in. (32 cm.) high
Provenance
Almost certainly purchased by William James from David L. Isaacs, 44 & 46 New Oxford Street, London, 21 December 1892, '2 Louis Seize ormolu candlesticks £16.0s.0d’.

Literature
West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 219 – GROUND FLOOR LIBRARY – 'A pair of Louis XVI. ormolu table candlesticks, the stems formed of triple female caryatids the nozzles with lion masks, on circular foliated bases; 12 ¾” high'.

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