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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN COMPOSITION STONE TORCHERES
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN COMPOSITION STONE TORCHERES

CIRCA 1840, IN THE MANNER OF PIRANESI

Fermé7 May 2008

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN COMPOSITION STONE TORCHERES
CIRCA 1840, IN THE MANNER OF PIRANESI
The top carved with egg and dart on a fluted base elaborately carved with floral swags, acanthus leaves and rams' heads, on a pedestal base, one distressed
55 in. (139.6 cm.) high (2)

Note du spécialiste

These flower-festooned candelabra with festive bacchic ram and lion masks, provided decorative antique ornament for conservatories etc., and were popularised by 19th Century publications such as N.L.
Durand's, Autels, Répieds, Candelabres, Lampes, Meubles, Paris, 1802; and H. Moses's, A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi, etc., London, 1814.