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Lot 63
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A pair of Russian neoclassical cut-glass, ormolu and cobalt blue glass six-light candelabra late 18th century

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • height 43 1/2 in.; diameter 22 in.
  • 110.5 cm. 55.5 cm

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 3, 2006, lot 96.

Catalogue Note

This pair of candelabra can be compared with similar examples thought to have been made in St. Petersburg in the late 18th century; see I. Sychev, Russian Bronzes, Moscow, 2002, p. 72.  See also a set of four candelabra, formerly in the collection of Lily and Edmond Safra, sold, Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 2005, lot 184.