A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICK

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A LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICK

Adapted as a table lamp, the gadrooned nozzle modelled with lion head monopodiae, the stem with three adrossed caryatids cast with satyr masks and hung with floral swags, the domed spreading base with acanthus and beaded ornament
12¾in. (32.5cm) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munchen 1986. For a similar example see fig. 4.15.2 page 286.

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