CIRCA 1815

Details

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1815
Each with a classically-draped vestal virgin surmounted by a wicker flower basket, on a circular spreading foot
11 in. (28 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Acquired between 1900-1905.

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Lot Essay

Similar female figures supporting woven baskets filled with flowers appear on four gilt-bronze candlesticks in the Wallace Collection (P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronze, London, 1996, F170-3).

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