Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 12th April 2017
Lot 242
A pair of Italian Venetian bronze torchères after a design by Giuseppe Michieli
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £4200
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Description
A pair of Italian Venetian bronze torchères after a design by Giuseppe Michieli, each with a pricket candle top, above a graduated stem decorated with cherubs, chimerae and moors, the triform base with chained slaves and hippocampi, above a frieze of scrolling foliage and satyr masks, on paw feet, late 19th century, 111.6cm high, 46.5cm wide, 40cm deep. (2)
A very similar candelabrum was exhibited at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle and the design was reproduced in the Art Journal catalogue of the exhibition, p.263.
Provenance:
Robert Robertson, Chairman of Robertson Jam.
A private collection.