A RUSSIAN ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MALACHITE TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MALACHITE TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
19TH CENTURY

With plumed overscroll corona cast with paterae above a swelling canted hexagonal shaft and a circular tier banded with quatre-foil pierced trelliswork issuing foliate-cast S-shaped candlebranches alternating with bells and bears, the underside with pounced ground fitted with beaded malachite roundels centering a pincone finial, fitted for electricity (replacements)-32in. (81cm.) high, 30in. (76cm.) diameter