Lot Essay
Triangular based paschal candlesticks such as the present pair derive from a Venetian prototype that was created some time in the mid-16th century.
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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
19TH CENTURY
Each surmounted by a baluster shaped nozzle and a dished circular drip-pan, the tapering baluster stem cast with acanthus, putti and garlands, on a tripartite base cast with portrait medaillons depicting Paul, Peter and John and mascarons, on lion's paw feet
75 cm. high (2)
19TH CENTURY
Each surmounted by a baluster shaped nozzle and a dished circular drip-pan, the tapering baluster stem cast with acanthus, putti and garlands, on a tripartite base cast with portrait medaillons depicting Paul, Peter and John and mascarons, on lion's paw feet
75 cm. high (2)
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