Lot Essay
A candelabra with identical maiden is at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 100, fig. 116.
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CIRCA 1785
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, ROUGE GRIOTTE AND WHITE MARBLE SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Circa 1785
Each with a classical maiden holding a flower stem issuing five scrolling lilly branches terminating in lilly nozzles, on a stepped base with a frieze of clssical maidens and putti offering at an altar, minor losses to flowers, restored breaks, drilled for electricity
32½in. (83cm.) high, excluding simulated candles (2)
Circa 1785
Each with a classical maiden holding a flower stem issuing five scrolling lilly branches terminating in lilly nozzles, on a stepped base with a frieze of clssical maidens and putti offering at an altar, minor losses to flowers, restored breaks, drilled for electricity
32½in. (83cm.) high, excluding simulated candles (2)