Sale 8323
New York, East
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 1,840
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA Each modelled as a scantily clad girl and boy supporting assymetric foliate-cast candlearms on a circular stepped rockwork base, each stamped DOCTAL, each also bearing a second illegible stamp, two candle nozzles and one drip-pan replaced 21in. (52cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) diameter (2)
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