Lot 74
  • 74

A pair of gilt-bronze and blued steel candelabra, Paris circa 1870

Estimate
25,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • each 94cm;, high, 3ft.1in.
in the manner of François Rémond, each with six scrolled branches and a central flambeau

Condition

In very good condition. The blued steel with some minor marks and the gilt-bronze of very good quality.
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Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
H.Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 266, fig. 4.9.7 for a related candelabrum circa 1785, upon which this pair is loosely based.