Lot Essay
A mounted porcelain vase with identical entwined and scrolled laurel collar is illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français, Paris, 1987, p.375, no.383
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Each with urn-shaped body and panelled bardiglio marble collar applied with scrolling foliage and issuing two maiden's masks with ribbon-twist handles, the everted neck issuing various lily-sprays terminating in nozzles shaped as a lily flower and with a circular drip-pan, above an acanthus-cast base, waisted spreading socle and square plinth with beaded edge, minor losses to the ormolu
24¼in. (62cm.) high (2)
Each with urn-shaped body and panelled bardiglio marble collar applied with scrolling foliage and issuing two maiden's masks with ribbon-twist handles, the everted neck issuing various lily-sprays terminating in nozzles shaped as a lily flower and with a circular drip-pan, above an acanthus-cast base, waisted spreading socle and square plinth with beaded edge, minor losses to the ormolu
24¼in. (62cm.) high (2)