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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1795

Details

A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1795
Each youth holding torch-form candlearms, each with accession number '70.32.34' and '70.32.35' and paper label inscribed in ink 'A-V962'
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Ailsa Mellon Bruce.

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Lot Essay

These charming candelabra derive from a pattern for a clock garniture celebrating Africa by the clock-maker Jean-Simon de Verberie in his Cahier des Desseins des Pendules of 1799. The model was also popularised by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's romantic novel Paul et Virginie first published in 1787.

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