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CIRCA 1770
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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1770
Each with a faceted tapering shaft cast with piastres, husks and foliage, headed by a vase-shapped nozzle with laurel leaves garlands and a circular moulded drip-pan, on a circular spreading base decorated with ribbon-suspended medallions depicting classical busts flanked by breakfront foliage-cast ornaments, on a stepped plinth, previously silvered and with traces of mercury gilding
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 5¾ in. (11 cm.) diameter (2)
CIRCA 1770
Each with a faceted tapering shaft cast with piastres, husks and foliage, headed by a vase-shapped nozzle with laurel leaves garlands and a circular moulded drip-pan, on a circular spreading base decorated with ribbon-suspended medallions depicting classical busts flanked by breakfront foliage-cast ornaments, on a stepped plinth, previously silvered and with traces of mercury gilding
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 5¾ in. (11 cm.) diameter (2)
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