A pair of Louis XV bronze and ormolu candelabra, circa 1780

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A pair of Louis XV bronze and ormolu candelabra, circa 1780
Each in the form of a female figure classically draped and supporting a cornucopia, with three scrolled candle branches, on white marble cylindrical plinths with an acanthus leaf collar, on a grey marble square section plinths
22¾in. (57.8cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A related pair of candelabra form part of the collection at Fontainebleau, illustrated in J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau, Paris, 1989, p.153, pl.130.

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