Lot 123
  • 123

A Swedish neoclassical gilt-brass, blue glass and cut-glass six-light chandelier circa 1820

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 51 in.; width 37 1/4 in.
  • 130 cm; 94.5 cm
with three graduated gilt-brass rings linked by ropes of faceted beads, the uppermost issuing gilt sprays, the lower corona fitted with curved candle branches interspaced by masks, the whole hung with faceted drops and prisms and centered by a blue glass standard.

Condition

In very good overall condition with some tarnishing to the ormolu. Some pendants possibly replaced (consistent with age and inevitable losses) and some with tiny chips.
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