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CIRCA 1880
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A French ormolu twenty-light chandelier
Circa 1880
Of cage form, surmounted by a foliate corona, above a drapery-hung canopy, the four upper scrolled supports each cast with an interwoven fruit and flower-filled cornucopia, above a central guilloche-cast ring supporting four pairs of spirally-fluted branches, each with circular drip-pan and leaf-cast nozzle, the four shaped lower supports each cast with a cherub caryatid supporting a further pair of branches, terminating in a drapery-hung bowl-shaped base and berry finial, drilled for electricity
50 in. (127 cm.) high
Circa 1880
Of cage form, surmounted by a foliate corona, above a drapery-hung canopy, the four upper scrolled supports each cast with an interwoven fruit and flower-filled cornucopia, above a central guilloche-cast ring supporting four pairs of spirally-fluted branches, each with circular drip-pan and leaf-cast nozzle, the four shaped lower supports each cast with a cherub caryatid supporting a further pair of branches, terminating in a drapery-hung bowl-shaped base and berry finial, drilled for electricity
50 in. (127 cm.) high