Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 321
A PAIR OF FRENCH NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
A PAIR OF FRENCH NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA
IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER CLODION
each modelled with a dancing infant Bacchus, with a vine leaf loin cloth supporting a pair of spiral fluted cornucopiae, filled with grapes and vine leaves, with a detachable drip-pan, standing on a rocky base, one with a tambourine, the other with a sack, each on a rouge griotte marble plinth, with a ribbon tied laurel wreath band (2)
43.4cm high
Provenance
From a Private Cornish Country Estate.