Sale 1715
New York
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20 October 2006
Price realised
USD 8,400
Estimate
A PAIR OF BALTIC BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT TORCHERES LATE 18TH CENTURY, SWEDISH OR RUSSIAN Each with a circular top with gadrooned cap above the fluted and foliate neck and stiff-leaf rim, above the baluster shaft with foliate cap and fluting and on a circular plinth with semi-circular feet on a canted and fluted spreading triangular base with later bun feet, decoration refreshed 48½ in. (123 cm.) high, the top 12½ in. (31 cm.) diameter (2)
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