Lot 287
  • 287

A very fine pair of Napoleon III gilt bronze and lapis lazulis four-light candelabra Paris, circa 1865

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Probably Russian
  • bronze and lapis lazulis
  • height 24 in.
  • 61 cm

Condition

Very well cast, and in good condition. To each laurel-cast garland, there are black areas which could be some soldering repair. Slight tarnishing to gilt-bronze, and some loss of gilding to monograms.
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