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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL FRENCH SILVER-PLATED THIRTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA AND A PAIR OF MATCHING COMPOTES
PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, COMPOTES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF ODIOT
The candelabra each on spreading circular base raised on four scroll feet, rising to a fluted and leaf-clad baluster form standard with four fully modelled figures of putti holding grapes, a wine-cup, and a fruit-filled cornucopia emblematic of the harvest, surmounted by a leaf-clad capital supporting the removable branches, with a central socket and two tiers of six scrolling leaf-clad branches, each with a shaped circular wax-pan and a spiral-fluted socket; the compotes each on a shaped oval base raised on four shell feet, pierced and applied with floral garlands, rising to an oval pedestal with four fully modelled figures of putti holding grapes, a wine-cup, a fruitbasket, and a tambourine emblematic of the harvest celebration, surmounted by a shaped oval dish chased with rocaille and with a scalloped rim, with a liner, compotes marked on liners--candelabra 37 1/2 in. (95.2 cm.) high; compotes 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high (4)
PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, COMPOTES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF ODIOT
The candelabra each on spreading circular base raised on four scroll feet, rising to a fluted and leaf-clad baluster form standard with four fully modelled figures of putti holding grapes, a wine-cup, and a fruit-filled cornucopia emblematic of the harvest, surmounted by a leaf-clad capital supporting the removable branches, with a central socket and two tiers of six scrolling leaf-clad branches, each with a shaped circular wax-pan and a spiral-fluted socket; the compotes each on a shaped oval base raised on four shell feet, pierced and applied with floral garlands, rising to an oval pedestal with four fully modelled figures of putti holding grapes, a wine-cup, a fruitbasket, and a tambourine emblematic of the harvest celebration, surmounted by a shaped oval dish chased with rocaille and with a scalloped rim, with a liner, compotes marked on liners--candelabra 37 1/2 in. (95.2 cm.) high; compotes 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high (4)