Sale 6183
London
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30 September 1999
Price realised
GBP 10,350
Estimate
A SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER Late 18th early 19th Century Hung overall with facetted pendants and droplets in a trellis pattern, the central ring hung with lion's masks issuing facetted pikes and branches with drip-pans and nozzles, with C-scrolled branches issuing swags, the top corona with conforming hangings centred by a further three-tiered section of droplets, missing one central section, minor losses and replacements with later loss to the central shaft and with a restored section to the top of the shaft, fitted for electricity 43 in. (109 cm.) high; 27 in. (70 cm.) diam.
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