A pair of Victorian ormolu six-light candelabra

CIRCA 1850

Details

A pair of Victorian ormolu six-light candelabra
Circa 1850
Each modelled as a fruiting urn issuing a central flowerhead and foliate-cast shaft surrounded by five scrolled candelarms with 'C'-scroll and rockwork-cast nozzles, above a baluster upright hung with swags, on swagged open tripod supports and an eared circular base, electrified
40in. (102cm.) high (2)

Provenance

The Estate of The 2nd Viscount Camrose, Hackwood Park, Hampshire, Christie's house sale, 20-22 April 1998, lot 14 (£29,990).

Lot Essay

The striking early neoclassicism of the lower sections of these candelabra is inspired by French designs of around 1760, for example a pedestal by Philippe Caffièri, supplied to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in that year. That model is illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, London, 1974, fig. 204.

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