A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA CIRCA 1783, ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY DOMINIQUE DAGUERRE AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND Each with Neo-classical urn with removeable lid with berried finial, the guilloche collar on four monopodiae, the eared platform issuing four scrolling acanthus reeded branches terminating in sphinx heads with tasselled cushion supporting a laurel-bound baluster drip-pan, the pearl-swagged central shaft above a berried acanthus collar, the candlestick base with spiral fluting and gadrooned and stiff-leaf cast urn-shaped nozzle, the stem with addorsed female caryatids swagged with separately-cast floral garlands, the volutes headed with satyr's masks and rosettes, on acanthus-cast domed socle and circular fluted plinth, with notch and dotted numberings, one numbered to the underside in 18th Century Arabic numerals '2' and to inside of branches, another dotted five times to candelabra, minor losses including two drip-pans and a baluster socle to one nozzle, very minor variations in the chasing between the two pairs 24 in. (61 cm.) high overall; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide; the candlesticks alone 16¼ in. (41.5 cm.) high (4)
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA CIRCA 1783, ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY DOMINIQUE DAGUERRE AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND Each with Neo-classical urn with removeable lid with berried finial, the guilloche collar on four monopodiae, the eared platform issuing four scrolling acanthus reeded branches terminating in sphinx heads with tasselled cushion supporting a laurel-bound baluster drip-pan, the pearl-swagged central shaft above a berried acanthus collar, the candlestick base with spiral fluting and gadrooned and stiff-leaf cast urn-shaped nozzle, the stem with addorsed female caryatids swagged with separately-cast floral garlands, the volutes headed with satyr's masks and rosettes, on acanthus-cast domed socle and circular fluted plinth, with notch and dotted numberings, one numbered to the underside in 18th Century Arabic numerals '2' and to inside of branches, another dotted five times to candelabra, minor losses including two drip-pans and a baluster socle to one nozzle, very minor variations in the chasing between the two pairs 24 in. (61 cm.) high overall; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide; the candlesticks alone 16¼ in. (41.5 cm.) high (4)
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
