A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 120-122)

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
Each with a gadrooned and lotus-leaf nozzle above a drip-pan issuing from a garlanded cornucopia upheld by a male and female winged figure, on a foliate base with foliate stand above a square plinth, one stamped 'SAV' twice and the other 'SAV' and '26'
14 in. (36 cm.) high (2)

拍場告示

The figure which is detached from its base will be repaired at Christie's expense after the sale.

拍品專文

An unattributed drawing in the Bibliothèque nationale, Le Cabinet d'Estampes, depicts a design of a candelabra with a youth standing on a nearly identical base (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 390, fig. 5.17.2).