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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Lot 162 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1770

Closed6 December 2012

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1770
Each with a tapering guilloche and husk decorated shaft, with laurel-swag adorned nozzle and drip-pan, above a spreading base portrait medallions of Roman Emperors, previously silvered, with traces of mercury gilding
11 in. (28 cm.) high (2)

Christie's, London, 6 July 2006, lot 88, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

A pair of the same model was sold 'Two Late Regency Collectors, Philip John Miles & Georges Byng', Christie's, London, 9 June 2005, lot 129, where acquired by present owner.