A Russian gilt-bronze chandelier, attributed to Andrei Schreiber, St. Petersburg early 19th century

with an anthemion cast corona hung with chains, the central pierced reservoir in the form of an openwork basket cast with neo-classical figures in drapery and supporting   four pairs of three scrolled candlearms emanating from a female mask, surmounted by a winged cherub with a cornucopia in its hand on three steps, with a gadrooned underside, terminating in a foliate finial

The colour of the gilding is less greenish and more golden than in the ctalogue. The gilding is slightly worn in places. There is slight warping of the branches in places. In overall very good original condition. A very rare model. Highly recommended.
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Comparative Literature:
Igor Sychev, The Russian Chandeliers 1760-1830, Moscow, 2003, p. 163, fig. 774, for a related chandelier attributed to A. Schreiber, St. Petersburg, circa 1817-reproduced here in fig.1. Another related chandelier is also illustrated by Sychev, op. cit., p. 163, fig. 773, also attributed to Schreiber, photographed in situ in the Ekaterinsky Palace in Tsarskoe Selo pre-1941. 

For further information on Schreiber see footnote to lot 220.