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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS CANDLESTICKS

IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS MESSENGER, CIRCA 1825

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS CANDLESTICKS
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS MESSENGER, CIRCA 1825
With pendants issuing from canopies supported by stylised dolphins, on black marble square section plinths
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high overall (2)
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Lot Essay

Thomas Messenger of Birmingham advertised the manufacture of 'Chandeliers, Tripods and Lamps of every description in bronze and or-molu' and opened a London branch in 1826 (E. Moncrieff, 'Argand Lamps', Antique Collector, February 1990, p. 47).

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