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    Fine European Furniture, Tapestries and Carpets

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    30 September 1999

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    • A SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROCK
    Lot 144

    A SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER

    LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 10,350

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    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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