Lot 66
66
Various Properties
A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, each in the form of a classical female term supporting in her arms two acanthus-wrapped candle-branches each with turned drip-pan and nozzle and supporting a campana vase-shaped nozzle on her head, on square panelled tapering stem and feet, the cylindrical black marble socle mounted with lions flanking a flower vase, on square rouge royale plinth, formerly pierced for electricity, the holes now refilled

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, each in the form of a classical female term supporting in her arms two acanthus-wrapped candle-branches each with turned drip-pan and nozzle and supporting a campana vase-shaped nozzle on her head, on square panelled tapering stem and feet, the cylindrical black marble socle mounted with lions flanking a flower vase, on square rouge royale plinth, formerly pierced for electricity, the holes now refilled
22½in. (57cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of candelabra of exactly this form in the Grand Salon of the Marquis de Baye, 58 avenue de la Grande-Armée, is illustrated P. Marmottan, Le Style Empire, Tome V, Paris, 1930

A pair of candelabra of this model was sold Christie's New York, 1 November 1989, lot 34

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