Lot Essay
A virtually identical pair of candelabra was sold in these Rooms, 30 October 1993, lot 250.
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SPANISH
Each in the form of a classically draped figure holding an urn issuing leaf and flower-head cast candlearms with flower-head form bobêches on a columnar base with classical heads within swags on an engine-turned and anthemia-cast base and square plinth (now fitted as lamps)--25in. (63.2cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SPANISH
Each in the form of a classically draped figure holding an urn issuing leaf and flower-head cast candlearms with flower-head form bobêches on a columnar base with classical heads within swags on an engine-turned and anthemia-cast base and square plinth (now fitted as lamps)--25in. (63.2cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide (2)