EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-GUILLAUME MOITTE

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND GREEN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY CANDLESTICKS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-GUILLAUME MOITTE
The nozzles cast with dancing classical maidens, on acanthus-cast bases
Each 14 in. (36 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from Pascal Izarn, June 2014.

Conditions of sale

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Benedict Winter Associate Director, Specialist

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Lot Essay

These candlesticks resemble the bases of the Vulliamy candlesticks from Fonthill (lot 38). A related design by Jean-Guillaume Moitte for the Auguste Workshop is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1978.521.4).

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