A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS
AFTER A DESIGN BY GIUSEPPE MICHIELI, CIRCA 1866
A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS AFTER A DESIGN BY GIUSEPPE MICHIELI, CIRCA 1866 Each surmounted by a lion holding a coat of arms inscribed 'S MARCO' atop a sphere, above six dragons each issuing three scrolled branches, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with putti, griffons and dancing figures supported by three blackamoors, each seated on a sea hippocampus, the triform base cast with a Venetian attribute to each side, on three lion-paw feet, inscribed 'VENEZIA 1866', on triform fluted plinths The candelabra: 74½ in. (189 cm.) high overall The pedestals: 18 in. (46 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide (4)
A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS
AFTER A DESIGN BY GIUSEPPE MICHIELI, CIRCA 1866
A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA, ON PLINTHS AFTER A DESIGN BY GIUSEPPE MICHIELI, CIRCA 1866 Each surmounted by a lion holding a coat of arms inscribed 'S MARCO' atop a sphere, above six dragons each issuing three scrolled branches, above a tapering baluster stem decorated with putti, griffons and dancing figures supported by three blackamoors, each seated on a sea hippocampus, the triform base cast with a Venetian attribute to each side, on three lion-paw feet, inscribed 'VENEZIA 1866', on triform fluted plinths The candelabra: 74½ in. (189 cm.) high overall The pedestals: 18 in. (46 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide (4)
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