Lot 38
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Each in the form of a classical maiden holding aloft a basket of fruit issuing a central palm frond spire with anthemion-cast bobêche and four scroll arms with leaf tip cast drip pans, on a cylindrical engine-turned column and leaf-tip cast square base -32in. (82cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

This pair relates to the model of 'Victory' candleabra based on the design of Charles Percier and produced primarily by the bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (of H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröchel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, 1986, pp. 320-331, figs 5.2.2-5.2.9).