Lot 576
  • 576

A Russian neoclassical ormolu two-light bouillotte lamp 'miracle lamp' circa 1825

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • height 25 in.
  • 63.5 cm
the circular socle cast with palmettes and anthemia and fitted with a leaf-cast baluster-shaped nozzle issuing a steel shaft fitted with two adjustable curved leaf-cast candle branches and an adjustable oval ormolu frame cast with anthemia and now fitted with a black tôle peinte shade.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, June 11, 1998, lot 4

Literature

Igor Sychev, The Russian Chandeliers 1760-1830, 2003, illustrated p. 147, pl. 697.

Catalogue Note

Please refer to the footnote following the preceding lot.