Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
Price realised
USD 4,600
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS mid-18th century Each with baluster-shaped molded shaft with similar bobêche and a molded base, the base incised with a coat-of-arms, both stamped several times C, one stamped EB 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high, 5¾in. (14.5cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
Marquis d'Harcourt Sotheby's New York, 16 May 1987, lot 45
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