A pair of Empire style ormolu and patinated bronze figural five-light candelabra

CIRCA 1880-90

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A pair of Empire style ormolu and patinated bronze figural five-light candelabra
Circa 1880-90
Each with Classically-draped winged Victory holding aloft scrolling foliate-cast candlearms, standing on a sphere and reeded pedestal above a stepped square plinth
30¾ in. (78.1 cm.) high

Lot Essay

These candelabra are closely related to the documented oeuvre of the bronzier Claude Galle. His Petit Trianon candelabra are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. II, p.705, fig. 21.

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