Lot 51
51
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE CANDELABRA BASES with two-tone gilding, each with Cupid supporting a scrolled foliate nozzle above his head and dancing with a floral-garlanded nymph, the central cloud-burst above a circular beaded panelled frieze centred by a female-mask flanked by scrolled foliate arabesques, on canted square base with spouting dolphin angles, one stamped FF, the other ZZ F 859, 19th Century, with pleated green silk shades

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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE CANDELABRA BASES with two-tone gilding, each with Cupid supporting a scrolled foliate nozzle above his head and dancing with a floral-garlanded nymph, the central cloud-burst above a circular beaded panelled frieze centred by a female-mask flanked by scrolled foliate arabesques, on canted square base with spouting dolphin angles, one stamped FF, the other ZZ F 859, 19th Century, with pleated green silk shades
The bases, without shades, 20in. (52.5cm.) high; 7¼in. (18.5cm.) wide; 7¼in. (18.5cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

These candelabra are related to a model for a Sèvres group of 'Amour et Flore' supplied by Louis-Simon Boizot, who was director of sculpture at Sèvres, in 1774

A related pair, after the model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet bequeathed to Sir John Murray-Scott Bt. by Sir Richard Wallace, were sold in these Rooms, 24 June 1913, lot 40

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