A SET OF THREE AMERICAN GILT-METAL AND GLASS CANDELABRA

19TH CENTURY, PHILADELPHIA

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A SET OF THREE AMERICAN GILT-METAL AND GLASS CANDELABRA
19th Century, Philadelphia
Comprising a three-light candelabrum and a pair of candlesticks, each with reeded nozzles and moulded drip-pans surrounded by a pierced corona of scrolling flowerheads and doves hung with cut-glass droplets engraved with stars, on a leaf-wrapped support, with a classically-draped young girl and boy supporting a child holding aloft a flaming torch, on a grey-veined white marble plinth, one plinth replaced, lacking one droplet
The candelabum 17 in. (43 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide
The candlesticks 16¼ in. (41.5 cm.) high; 5½ in. (14 cm.) wide (3)

Lot Essay

This set of candelabra, known as the 'Classical Family' model are almost identical to a pair of 'girandoles' in the Collection of the Anglo-American Art Museum, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A. (H. Parrott Bacot, Nineteenth Century Lighting, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1987, p. 196, no. 275). There exist several design variations for the figural group besides the present model, ranging from the simple 'Lady and Gentleman' model to the complex 'Capture of Major Andre' example. They were manufactured by several New England companies, the largest of which was Cornelius & Co. of Philadelphia. Other examples were also made by their rivals, Archer and Warner.

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