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A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVERED, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERES
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A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVERED, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERES

LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SPANISH SILVERED, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERES
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each carved as three intertwined mermaids supporting later iron candle branches on knopped marbled socle with triangular base, refreshments to decoration, losses and some restoration
82 in. (209 cm.) high overall (2)
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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The use of entwined mermaids for the stems of these candelabros suggests that they were most likely conceived for domestic rather than ecclesiastical use, a related Spanish colonial mask-carved polychrome decorated candelabro is illustrated in A. Tullard, El Mueble Colonial Sudamericano, Buenos Aires, 1947, pl. 342.