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A pair of Louis XVI ormolu and patinated bronze three-branch candelabra circa 1780
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- bronze, porphyry
- height 23 1/2 in.
- 98 cm
each with a patinated bronze figure of a nude bacchante holding an ormolu staff terminating in a pomegranate finial and issuing three candle branches cast with grape clusters and leaves, raised on a cylindrical porphyry base fitted with ormolu rings cast with egg-and-dart motif and acanthus.
Provenance
Christie's Monaco, December 4, 1988, lot 168
Condition
Both with some rubbing to patinated bronze. Ormolu with minor rubbing, most at extremities, traces of oxidation and surface dirt. Bases with small nicks and inperfections to ormolu; most probably inherent to the piece. Both central stems lacking a few screws, resulting in loose candle arms on one candelabrum. Porphyry bases generally in good condition. In good overall condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A candelabrum incorporating the same patinated bronze figure of a bacchante is in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 283, fig. 4.14.5. Another similar pair in the Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, is illustrated John Harris, Geoffrey de Bellaigue and Oliver Millar, Buckingham Palace and its Treasures, London, 1968, p. 154. A design for this candelabrum, attributed to Daguerre, is now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, see Ottomeyer and Pröschel, ibid., fig. 4.14.4.