Sale 1166
London
|
5 December 2013
Price realised
GBP 10,000
Estimate
A SET OF SIX CHARLES X ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1830 Each with baluster shaped stem, raised on a tripod base with lion monopodia 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
Ordered by Baron Per Tamm in Paris in the 1830s; Thence by descent.
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Pre-Lot Text
FROM THE TABLE SERVICE OF BARON PER ADOLF TAMM (LOTS 62-64)
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