A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS, MID 19TH CENTURY
The stems each cast with three addorsed cayatids, hung with floral swags, the bodices cast with grotesque masks, supporting gadrooned
candle sockets on lion head monopodiae, the domed bases cast with acanthus ornament and applied with beaded rims
12¾in. (32.3cm) high (2)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Ottomeyer/Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen I, Klinkhardt & Biermann, München 1986. P. 287, fig. 4.15.2.

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