Sale 6584
London
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13 June 2002
Price realised
GBP 9,560
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA Each with a classically draped female holding a scrolling foliate, fluted and spirally twisted stem, issuing two candle-branches with floral-wrapped nozzles and further acanthus-cast scrolling arms hung and connected with tasseled chains and surmounted by bird's heads and a floral finial, on a circular base mounted with beaded borders and on a square plinth, minor losses and restorations to the ormolu 31½ in. (80 cm.) high (2)
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