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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

19TH CENTURY

Fermé17 March 2011

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
19TH CENTURY
Each modelled with three putti holding aloft a cannon-shaped candlestick, above a laurel and egg-and-dart circular base
11¼ in. (28 cm.) and 11½ in. (29 cm.) high, respectively; 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter to base (2)

Christie's, London, 09 July 2009, lot 65, where acquired by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

These candlesticks are modelled on a pair which formed part of the écritoire de Tchesmé at Pavlovsk, St. Petersburg (see Pavlovsk, La Palais et le Parc, St. Petersburg, 1976, fig. 181). Designed by Parisian orfèvre Augustin Barnabé de Mailly for Empress Catherine II of Russia, it commemorated the peace following the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-74 and the 1770 Russian naval victory at Cheshme. Further related examples include a pair in the Wallace Collection (ill. P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, vol. III, pp.1228-31) and a further pair sold at Sotheby's, London, 16 April 1999, lot 204.