Live Auction 6337Stephane Boudin at 5 Belgrave Square, Les Objets de l'Empire & Mount Kennedy, Ireland. Three Private Collections
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, GREEN AND RED VARIEGATED MARBLE CANDELABRA
Lot 196

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, GREEN AND RED VARIEGATED MARBLE CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1800-1805

Closed16 March 2012

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GBP 49,250

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, GREEN AND RED VARIEGATED MARBLE CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1800-1805
Each modelled as winged female figures holding aloft triform branches on anthemion-mounted and foliate-cast cylindrical bases supported by griffins on verde antico bases
32 in. (81 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

The present candelabra relate to the featured design by Pelagio Pelagi circa 1833-34 in the Biblioteca Archiginnasio Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Raccolta Disegni Palagi (inv. 2155), Bologna, illustrated in G. Beretti, A. Cotiino, B. Gallizia di Vergano, L. Melegati, Gli Splendori del Bronzo, Mobili e oggetti d'arredo tra Francia e Italia 1750 1850, 2002, pl. 74, p. 149.