FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of French candlesticks
First quarter 19th century
The gadrooned bobeche in the form of a classical vase with three monopodiae with lion's masks above the triangular stem with three caryatids decorated with grotesque masks and garlands on human feet, the foot with a laurel-leaf wreath above an outscrolling acanthus leaf skirt with beaded rim
32 cm. high (2)

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A pair of French candlesticks
First quarter 19th century

Lot Essay

A similar pair is illustrated in: H.Ottomeyer and P.Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol.I, Munich 1986, p.286, fig.4.15.2 and are in the collection of the Chateau Pillnitz near Dresden.

A similar pair was sold: Christie's Monaco, sale 1026 The collection Lagerfeld, 28 April 2000, lot 283 and a pair of related design was also sold in this sale as lot 36.

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