EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The spherical-shaped faceted bowl and finial suspended with chains from a circular corona hung with drops, the lower body applied with term figures of classical maidens surmounted with flowering baskets issuing scroll branches with foliate drip-pans, terminating in a berried boss, fitted for electricity
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

This superb chandelier, consisting of a globe in two halves, is closely related to an example, sold Christie’s, London, 5 July 2013, lot 73 (£ 55,000). The impressive cut-glass body is closely related to one made around 1810 by Karl Dreyer, who worked in St. Petersburg from the 1780s to 1822 (I. Sychev, The Russian Chandeliers, St. Petersburg, 2003, p. 106).

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