A gilt-bronze and cut-glass chandelier in early 18th century style

of cage form the cresting with a fleur-de-lys, with twelve foliate cast candlearms surmounted by female busts, the whole decorated with beads in the form of latticework intersected by flowerheads suspending faceted pear-shaped drops and beads

Some very minor losses to the drops, which are hardly noticeable and some very minor chips. There are probably also some minor replacements of drops which is quite usual on chandeliers. Some very minor tarnishing to gilt-bronze. A very striking chandelier in overall good condition.
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There is a similar chandelier hanging in the Chinese Pavilion at the Swedish Royal Palace of Drottingholm. It features the same fleur-de-lys shackle, beaded strands, flowerheads and gilt-bronze cast branches. See Martin Mortimer, The English Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, p. 49., pl. 6. Mortimer indicates that the chandelier illustrated in pl. 6 shares characteristics with a group of lights - one of which incorporates rock crystal and was sold Sotheby's Monaco, 18th June 1989, lot 168.