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A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1805

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1805
Each with three bronze vestal virgins on a spreading triangular plinth mounted with stylised palmettes on monopodiae supports and triangular plinth base, one arm broken off, each originally with three branches
19¼ in. (47 cm.) high (2)
Literature
Illustrated in situ in a watercolour of the Covent Garden Suite in the 8th Edition of Guide Book.
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Lot Essay

These candelabra may well have been acquired by John Russell in Paris. In 1803, the year after he succeeded as 6th Duke of Bedford (d. 1839), he is known to have bought extensively from the celebrated marchand-mercier Martin-Eloi Lignereux, whose business in the rue Vivienne was acquired by Thomire the following year.

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