A pair of Louis XVI style bronze and ormolu twin light candelabra,the fruit chased cornucopiae branches supported by figures of semi-naked amorini, on wreath chased fluted rouge marble cylindrical plinths and siena marble bases -- 20¾in. (52½cm.) high.

A pair of Louis XVI style bronze and ormolu twin light candelabra,the fruit chased cornucopiae branches supported by figures of semi-naked amorini, on wreath chased fluted rouge marble cylindrical plinths and siena marble bases -- 20¾in. (52½cm.) high.

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A pair of Louis XVI style bronze and ormolu twin light candelabra,the fruit chased cornucopiae branches supported by figures of semi-naked amorini, on wreath chased fluted rouge marble cylindrical plinths and siena marble bases -- 20¾in. (52½cm.) high.
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Lot Essay

A similar pair of candelabra with Bacchic infant supports, modelled in the style of Clodion, by Louis-Felix de Larue, Paris, 1780, upon ormolu beaded marble bases, in one of the State Rooms at the Residenz, Munich, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. 1, Pl. XXVIII.

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