A pair of Louis XVI ormolu candlesticks, the acanthine and beaded nozzles and conforming urn shaped sconces on wrythen supports, the tripod cherub head monopodiae hung with swags about a central quiver column, the dished circular bases with pierced and applied panels of griffin caryatids and flambeaux -- 11¾in. (30cms.) high. (2)

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A pair of Louis XVI ormolu candlesticks, the acanthine and beaded nozzles and conforming urn shaped sconces on wrythen supports, the tripod cherub head monopodiae hung with swags about a central quiver column, the dished circular bases with pierced and applied panels of griffin caryatids and flambeaux -- 11¾in. (30cms.) high. (2)

Lot Essay

A closely related pair of tripod cherub monopodiae candlesticks by Etienne Martincourt, in the John Paul Getty Museum, are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. 1, no. 4.1.12.

Similar pairs of candlesticks are to be found in the Wallace Collection, London and the Huntingdon Collection, San Marino, California.

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