A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Each of triple maiden herm form, with a reeded tapering column surmounted by flower-garlanded maiden busts below a turned nozzle with lappeted, beaded and anthemion bands and a removable drip-pan, the top and bottom of the column with foliate collars, on a beaded, anthemion and lappeted stepped circular base
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) diam. (2)
拍场告示
The estimate is £2,500-4,000.
拍品专文
These candlesticks relate to an unattributed drawing in the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris of circa 1810 (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 326, fig. 5.1.7).