Lot Essay
A pair of figural candelabra by Carrier-Belleuse were sold at Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1989, lot 352 and a pair of figures of this model were sold at Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1987, lot 227.
THE FIGURES CAST FROM MODELS BY ALBERT ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, CIRCA 1875
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A pair of French ormolu, bronze and griotte marble six-light candelabra
The figures cast from models by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Circa 1875
Each as a running classically-draped maiden supporting a basket of fruit on her head, with central foliate-cast stem issuing five scrolled branches, each terminating in a circular drip-pan and fluted nozzle, on a circular naturalistic base inscribed A. CARRIER and on a shaped griotte marble plinth
39.3/8 in. (100 cm.) high (2)
The figures cast from models by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Circa 1875
Each as a running classically-draped maiden supporting a basket of fruit on her head, with central foliate-cast stem issuing five scrolled branches, each terminating in a circular drip-pan and fluted nozzle, on a circular naturalistic base inscribed A. CARRIER and on a shaped griotte marble plinth
39.3/8 in. (100 cm.) high (2)