A pair of Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze four-light candelabra, circa 1780
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A pair of Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze fouꦫr-light candelabra, circa 1780
each formed as a standing 🏅female figure holding a gilt-bronze partly fluted staff headed by a nozzle, the staff entwined with three snꦆakes from which a nozzle issues, each raised on white marble bases
96.5cm. high, 34cm. wide; 3ft. 2in. 1ft. 1⅜in.
Acquired from Mallett Antiques Ltd., London, November 1971.
The present model is rare, with three serpents entwined around a staff supporting a single candle nozzle. Only one similar pair is recorded to date and it was sold from the collection of the American heiress and art collector Marquise de Ganay (born Anna Emily Ridgway) at her posthumous sale on 10 May 1922 (Galerie Georges Petit, lot 233).
