A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND CUT-GLASS TWO-LIGHT CANDLEABRA

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND CUT-GLASS TWO-LIGHT CANDLEABRA
Each with bud finial above a vine-leaf canopy suspending later glass droplets, above a vase-shaped stand issuing two foliate-wrapped branches, each with further vine-leaf canopy suspending later droplets and surmounted by a later foliate-carved glass bulb with drip-pans, the shaft in the form of an aged man fighting a serpent, on a foliate- wrapped waisted square plinth base, on animal mask feet
22 in. (56 cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

The vine-enriched branches, supported by caryatids emblematic of 'Winter', relate to candelabra attributed to George Bullock (d. 1814). A related pair was sold from the Estate of Gary L. Carlisle, Christie's New York, 14 October 1989, lot 37.