Live Auction 18366The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes
A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 225 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ITALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 74-76, 225 & 294)

A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1887

Closed15 July 2020

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GBP 20,000

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURAL FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1887
Each modelled as Classically-robed male and female pendant figures standing beside a rocaille tree admist leaf-wrapped candle arms on naturalistic grounds and pierced shell-work base, each signed and dated 'henry Dasson 1887', fitted for electricity
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high, excluding fitments

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Compare a pair of figural candelabra, 51 inches high, signed by Dasson and dated 1876 sold Christie’s, London, 24 September 2008, lot 100 (£55,250).