A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Possibly Russian, early 19th Century
Each in the form of a classical maiden seated on a tasseled cushion and upholding a Roman oil lamp cast with Medusa masks and scrolling foliage, raised on a square base cast with female terms upholding torches, on a square base edged with tongue-and-groove, an ormolu element lacking at base of central arm
23in. (59.5cm.) high, 11in (28cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Designed in the 'antique' manner popularized by Messrs. Percier and Fontaine in their Recueil des Dcorations Intrieures of 1801, these candelabra are close in character to the oeuvre of the bronzier Claude Galle. A pair of candelabra of almost identical model, but with further foliate arabesques flanking the central shaft, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 21 October, 1997, lot 318 ($41,400).

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