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CIRCA 1795
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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE BRONZE, ORMOLU AND PARIS PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1795
Each with Cupid holding aloft a flaming torch with milled and engine- turned drip-pan and nozzle, on spreading cylindrical base with stiff-leaf borders, each lacking part of bow, each with paper label inscribed 'From Bruton Street February 1900'
11½ in. (29 cm.) high;
together with a pair of Restauration ormolu tazza, circa 1820, each with stiff-leaf gadrooned base above an engine-turned cylindrical plinth - 6¾ in. (17.5 cm.) high (4)
CIRCA 1795
Each with Cupid holding aloft a flaming torch with milled and engine- turned drip-pan and nozzle, on spreading cylindrical base with stiff-leaf borders, each lacking part of bow, each with paper label inscribed 'From Bruton Street February 1900'
11½ in. (29 cm.) high;
together with a pair of Restauration ormolu tazza, circa 1820, each with stiff-leaf gadrooned base above an engine-turned cylindrical plinth - 6¾ in. (17.5 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Almost certainly purchased by George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) in Paris and by descent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.