LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A pair of Baccarat cut-crystal twenty-four light candelabra
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Each hung with faceted beads and drops, surmounted by a a finial above a scalloped 'vase', above eight small drop scrolls, with eight scrolled candlearms, each with a scalloped faceted nozzle and drip-pan below, the lower scrolled branches, of two sizes, each hung with a pendant bell, below a scalloped nozzle and drip-pan, on a baluster shaped faceted stem, with spreading base, on four scrolled feet, some losses and repairs, with Baccarat etched mark
86in. (218.5cm.) high; 32½in. (82.5cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

Baccarat produced this model of candelabra for the Exposition Universelle in 1867. Czar Nicholas II first commissioned a pair of torcheres as a gift for his wife Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896, and after ordered another larger pair for his own use. Subsequently the Baccarat archive refers to this model and its variants as the 'Tsarine' and 'Tsar' torcheres.

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