Live Auction 12455European Furniture & Works of Art
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Lot 22 Property of a Gentleman

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1820-30

Closed6 July 2016

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GBP 1,250

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1820-30
The acanthus-wrapped nozzle above a baluster shaft with profile medallions and foliate arabesque, on a circular base with an unidentified Baron's coat-of-arms
10 ¾ cm. (27 cm.) high

Specialist note

This pair of candlesticks is based on a pair of silver candlesticks by Nicholas Nolin, dated 1714-15, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated in R. Lightbrown, French Silver, London, 1978, p. 74, nos. 60-61. Other similar ormolu-mounts are in the Wallace Collection, London (F. J. B. Watson, Catalogue, London, 1956, F24, pl.20).