Sale 2435
New York
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14 - 15 April 2011
Price realised
USD 20,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN GILT WHITE AND COBALT-BLUE SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK TO ONE AND IRON-RED MONOGRAMMED ORB MARKS TO BOTH Each of square tapering columnar form, supporting scrolling candle arms, with tulip-form nozzles and drip-pans, the plinths molded with four addorsed gryphons, the rectangular base enriched with foliate scrollwork and rosettes reserved on a cobalt-blue ground, raised on four ball feet 33 in. (83.8 cm.) high (2)
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