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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-GILT NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Details
A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-GILT NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Each on shaped triangular base with three molded panels, each with wave pattern and rocaille and divided by vertical scrolls rising to a spiralling baluster stem with three panels of trelliswork applied with foliage, and surmounted by nine twisting candelarms each formed of leaves and supporting a wax-pan formed of artichoke leaves and acanthus and a thistle-shaped socket with similar decoration and removable cylindrical nozzles, the center with spiralling thistle branches and a bud finial, marked on bases and nozzles
27½ in. (69.8 cm.) high; 828 oz., (25,753 gr.) (2)
PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Each on shaped triangular base with three molded panels, each with wave pattern and rocaille and divided by vertical scrolls rising to a spiralling baluster stem with three panels of trelliswork applied with foliage, and surmounted by nine twisting candelarms each formed of leaves and supporting a wax-pan formed of artichoke leaves and acanthus and a thistle-shaped socket with similar decoration and removable cylindrical nozzles, the center with spiralling thistle branches and a bud finial, marked on bases and nozzles
27½ in. (69.8 cm.) high; 828 oz., (25,753 gr.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 22 April 1993, lot 345
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