A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Branch Appliqués
Lot 453

A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Branch Appliqués

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, THE MOUNTS THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed29 November 2010

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GBP 22,500

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A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain Three-Branch Appliqués
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, the mounts third quarter 19th Century
Each with a shaped naturalistic backplate centred by two putti and decorated with upswept fruiting foliage and flowerheads, issuing three entwined scrolled branches with shaped pierced drip-pans and scroll-cast nozzles, the reverse of each inscribed in Cyrillic with inventory numbers 'G.D.I. 3933 G.14959' and 'G.D.I. 3933 G.14961', respectively, and each with Gatchina Palace labels inscribed in ink with inventory number '3933'
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) wide (2)

Gatchina Palace, Russia.

Specialist note

A similar pair of wall lights was sold Sotheby's, London, 26 May 2004, lot 356.