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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND BLACK MARBLE FOUR-BRANCH CANDELABRA
Lot 55 PROPERTY FROM A SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTION (LOTS 4-9 & 55)

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND BLACK MARBLE FOUR-BRANCH CANDELABRA

ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810

Closed12 November 2020

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GBP 5,250

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND BLACK MARBLE FOUR-BRANCH CANDELABRA
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810
Each modelled in the form of a nymph with crossed legs and leaning against a square clumn surmounted by an amphora, holding two pairs of foliate-sheathed branches with lotus-petal nozzles, on a sqaure pedestal with stiff-leaf moulding; repaired breaks to the branches
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

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A pair of candelabra of the same model, with griotte marble bases applied with ormolu plaques depicting winged maidens, sold Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1996 (£29,000). Another pair from the Collection of Rene Fribourg, sold Sotheby's, London, 18 October 1963, part II, lot 646.