A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA

AFTER THE MODEL BY PHILLIPPE CAFFIERI, 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY

each modelled with a cherub seated on a rock, one holding his hands aloft, the other blowing a shell, issuing three acanthus wrapped branches with fluted vase shaped nozzles decorated with stiff leaves, the stepped base with fluted, guilloche and leaf decoration, later drilled and fitted for electricity, with faux candles and shades (8)

46cm high (excluding fittings)

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Central Hall / Salon, Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

See lot 91 for a discussion of these candelabra.