Live Auction 7918Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr NC.
A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVERED-BRASS PHOTOPHORES
Lot 163

A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVERED-BRASS PHOTOPHORES

ONE OF THE BASES PROBABLY EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER, LATER

Closed16 July 2010

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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVERED-BRASS PHOTOPHORES
ONE OF THE BASES PROBABLY EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER, LATER
Each with cylindrical glass shades, on octagonal shafts and stepped bases, re-silvered
18½ in. (47 cm.) high (2)

Acquired from Étienne Lévy, June 1976.

Specialist note

A similar pair was sold from the Collection of Baron de Redé, Sotheby's Paris, 16 March 2005, lot 39.