A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 101 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN, CIRCA 1810

Closed17 March 2011

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GBP 5,000

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN, CIRCA 1810
Each modelled with a central candelabrum set with three satyr masks supporting scrolled branches terminating in tapering hexagonal nozzles and leaf-cast circular drip-pans, above a dancing musical putti, on a square tapering base fronted by a relief cast figure of a dancing nymph, the sides with musical attributes, on a square stepped base, one figure originally bearing a tambourine
27½ in. (70 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

A closely related pair of candelabra with figures bearing tambourine and triangle were sold anonymously Christie's New York, 18 October 2002, lot 523.