A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

MARK OF JULIEN RIVIERE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed21 June 2012

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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF JULIEN RIVIERE, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
In Louis XVI style, each on spreading circular foot cast and chased with a calyx of matted flutes between applied laurel bands, rising to an acanthus-clad fluted stem and vase-shaped socket with similar decoration, the fluted baluster central standard issuing from a stiff-leaf calyx below an acanthus drip-pan and fluted vase-shaped socket with similar stiff-leaf below a laurel mid-band, the removable nozzle with stiff-leaf rim, the three acanthus scroll branches supporting similar drip-pans, sockets and nozzles, fully marked
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high; 148 oz. 10 dwt. (4,629 gr.) (2)

Christie's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 123