LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled with a dancing nymph supporting a basket of flowers issuing flower-head nozzles, on a circular spreading fluted base, one with further screw holes to the underside of the base
23 in. (59 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The basic design of the draped nymph on these candelabra recalls the drawing from 1761 by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (see H.Ottomeyer, P.Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 254, fig. 4.7.1). The design depicts two pairs of plaster models of figures supporting candelabra which were exhibited at the Salon du Louvre in 1761 by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), Director of the Sculpture studio at Sèvres (1759-1766).

A pair of candelabra of this identical model, but with white marble plinths, was sold from the Viel Collection in Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 24 May 1932, lot 44.

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