A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND RED GLASS CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND RED GLASS CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1820-1830, POSSIBLY MOSCOW

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND RED GLASS CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1820-1830, POSSIBLY MOSCOW
Each with spirally-fluted shaft with Medusa capital and circular drip-pan, on a concave-sided tripartite base decorated with sphinxes, and circular domed base decorated with vine
11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) high (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

]hese bold candlesticks have twisted glass columns, a speciality of the St. Petersburg bronzesmiths Ivan Dippner and Johann Schreiber in the early 19th Century. This fashion was soon adopted by various craftsmen in Moscow in the 1830s, and the current lot appears to have been produced there; they are closely related to various examples illustrated in I. Sychev, The Russian Chandeliers, Moscow, 2003, pp. 962-965, and to a pair of chandeliers by the Moscow bronzesmith P. Chizhov and now in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg (I. Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moscow, 2003, p. 172).

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