Lot Essay
A candlestick of this model is illustrated in J. Bourne and V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London 1991, p.64, fig. 192
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS each with asymetrically-cast urn-shaped nozzle cast with foliage and C-scrolls, the twisted swollen triangular shaft with central rockwork cabochon and further acanthus above a husk-trailed, ribbon-tied fasce-collar, upon a gadrooned and scrolling-foliate spreading socle and panelled, shaped circular plinth
9¾in. (25cm.) high (2)
9¾in. (25cm.) high (2)