Lot 73
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A FRENCH ORMOLU EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
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A FRENCH ORMOLU EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

OF REGENCE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
OF REGENCE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted by a figure of Neptune holding a trident and seated on a sphere, the central drum issuing eight 'S'-scrolled branches terminating in gadrooned drip-pans and stiff-leaf-cast nozzles, above a conical boss with pomegranate finial, fitted for electricity
36½ in. (93 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) diameter
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

This chandelier is after the model attributed to André-Charles Boulle in the collection of the Louvre. Of identical overall form it differs in that the celestial globe is surmounted not, as here, by a figure of Neptune, but by a winged figure of Fame holding a trumpet (see D. Alcouffe, et. al., Gilt bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, no. 7, p. 34).

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