Lot Essay
A similar pair of wall lights was sold Sotheby's, London, 26 May 2004, lot 356.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, THE MOUNTS THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Branch Appliqués
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, the mounts third quarter 19th Century
Each with a shaped naturalistic backplate centred by two putti and decorated with upswept fruiting foliage and flowerheads, issuing three entwined scrolled branches with shaped pierced drip-pans and scroll-cast nozzles, the reverse of each inscribed in Cyrillic with inventory numbers 'G.D.I. 3933 G.14959' and 'G.D.I. 3933 G.14961', respectively, and each with Gatchina Palace labels inscribed in ink with inventory number '3933'
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) wide (2)
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, the mounts third quarter 19th Century
Each with a shaped naturalistic backplate centred by two putti and decorated with upswept fruiting foliage and flowerheads, issuing three entwined scrolled branches with shaped pierced drip-pans and scroll-cast nozzles, the reverse of each inscribed in Cyrillic with inventory numbers 'G.D.I. 3933 G.14959' and 'G.D.I. 3933 G.14961', respectively, and each with Gatchina Palace labels inscribed in ink with inventory number '3933'
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Gatchina Palace, Russia.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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Alexis de Tiesenhausen
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