Lot 217
  • 217

A Russian gilt-bronze candleholder circa 1820

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • 14cm. high; 5½in.
in the form of a mermaid with her arms folded supporting a candlenozzle on her head, the handle in the form of a quiver of arrows and a pair of scabbards on an oval base with roped edge

Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
Igor Sychev, The Russian chandeliers, 1760-1830, Moscow, 2003, p. 192, fig. 977, for a candleholder conceived in a similar vein.