A fine and rare Russian ormolu-mounted cut-glass large candelabrum circa 1825, the bronzes attributed to Ivan Dipner, Russian Imperial Manufacture

the ormolu base with spurious stamp Thomire Paris.

Sold, inventory of Frederick P. Victoria & Son, Christie's, New York, May 27, 1999, lot 89

I. Sychev, Russian Chandeliers,  1760-1830, St. Petersburg, 2003, fig. 645, p. 136

Ormolu richer color than appears in the catalogue photo. In excellent condition, and has been expertly cleaned. Minor wear to edges of base. Glass elements: pedestal in excellent condition, central support with one chip to base and some chips to top edge, vasiform element slightly loose and with chips to upper edge.
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The color and quality of the cut-glass is characteristic of the work produced at the Imperial Glassworks in St. Petersburg.  The bronzes relate to those on a pair of candelabra in the Winter Palace, illustrated in Vues du Palais d'Hiver à Saint-Petersbourg, Paris, 1995 and permit the attribution of the bronzes to Ivan Dipner's workshop in St. Petersburg.  Born in Germany, Dipner was active in St. Petersburg where he supplied bronzes for the Imperial Palaces in collaboration with the leading architects of the day, Rossi, Stasov and Montferrand.  Candelabra of this type appear in 19th century watercolors of Tsarskoe Selo by Luigi Premazzi (see, I. Sautov, Tsarskoe Selo, Paris, 1992, p. 46, pl. 16) and of the Winter Palace by Uchtomsky (see E. Bartenev, Russian Interiors of the XVIII-XIX Centuries, Leningrad, 1977, p. 84).