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A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Lot 130 Property of a Gentleman (lots 3 & 129)

A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1820-30, IN THE MANNER OF CORNEILLE VAN CLEVE

Closed6 July 2016

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GBP 5,000

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A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1820-30, IN THE MANNER OF CORNEILLE VAN CLEVE
One modelled with a scantily draped maiden, the other with a male figure, each holding a cornucopia ending with a circular drip-pan, on a circular spreading and stepped foot with trophies and volutes
13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

These candlesticks are a variant of the celebrated model by Corneille van Clève (1646-1732), the original drawings for which, traditionally given to Charles Le Brun but now thought to be by van Clève himself, are held in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.