Monte Alverno - An Irish Private Collection

Monte Alverno - An Irish Private Collection

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A pair of Directoire gilt and patinated bronze five-light candelabra, late 18th century

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

May 26, 03:18 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Directoire gilt and patinated bronze five-light candelabra, late 18th century


each with a female figure supporting five lights, raised on a circular red griotte marble base, drilled for electricity

102cm. high, 30cm. wide; 3ft. 4⅛in., 11¾in.

Property of a Gentleman;
Christie's, London, Important European Furniture, 2 December 1998, lot 142 (£42,000).

The design for the present impressive pair of candelabra is a variant of a model found in a drawing for a candelabra in the form of a cornucopia-bearing Bacchante, attributed to the prominent Louis XVI-era bronzier François Rémond (1747-1812), now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (reproduced in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, Vol. I, p.283, fig.4.14.4).


The same patinated figures, bearing cornucopiae rather than torchères are seen on a pair of candelabra from the collection of Lord Michelham, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 21-22 May 1978, lot 232.

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