Live Auction 1147European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 234 Property from a Prestigious Swiss Collection (66, 207-252)

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, IN THE MANNER OF FALCONET, 19TH CENTURY

Closed2 October 2013

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GBP 3,125

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, IN THE MANNER OF FALCONET, 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a classical maiden holding a cornucopia shaped branch issuing foliate scrolls and candle branches, on a spreading turned white marble soccle
26 in. (66 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

Comparable Louis XVI figural candelabra after the design of Falconet can be found in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, München 1986, nos. 4.7.1-4.7.4 and 6.3.12.