Lot 60
60
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 robed feet, the brass socle mounted with a sea horse, on square bronze plinth, fitted for electricity

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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 robed feet, the brass socle mounted with a sea horse, on square bronze plinth, fitted for electricity
26½in. (67.5cm.) including faux candle fittings (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of candelabra of closely related design in the Grand Salon of the marquis de Baye's residence, 58 avenue de la Grande-Armée, is illustrated in P. Marmottan, Le Style Empire, Tome V, Paris 1930. A further pair originally at Carlton House, are still in the Royal Collection at Frogmore House, Windsor.

Related pairs of candelabra were sold in these Rooms, 11 June 1992, lot 66 and at Christie's New York, 1 November 1989, lot 34.

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