A pair of Napoleon III ormolu-mounted blued steel five-light candelabra, on grey granite pedestals

THE CANDELABRA CIRCA 1860, THE PEDESTALS 20TH CENTURY

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A pair of Napoleon III ormolu-mounted blued steel five-light candelabra, on grey granite pedestals
The candelabra circa 1860, The pedestals 20th Century
Each acanthus-sheathed urn cast with Bacchic masks and vine swags, surmounted by a fluted shaft issuing four scrolled, reeded acanthus-sheathed branches with bead, laurel and berry-cast collars, supported by four eagle's heads with laurel collar and acanthus-sheathed rope twist bases, on a fluted drum base set with garlands, the square bracket base with inswept corners, on associated grey-granite columnar pedestal with flaring moulded capital, on moulded foot and square base
101in. (256.5cm.) high; 17¾in. (45cm.) diameter (2)

拍品專文

The composition of the top section of these candelabra is based on that of a girandole at Waddesdon Manor (see Hans Ottomeyer and Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 259, pl. 4.7.13). On these candelabra, however, an eagle's head has been substituted for the acanthus scroll that supports each branch on the Waddesdon example.