Details
Each with a classical bust flanked by scrolling foliate branches surmounting a tapering shaft atop a cylindrical plinth on a stepped square base
2514 in. (64 cm.) high, 1434 in. (37.5 cm.) wide, 7 in. (17.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Didier Aaron, New York.
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Lot Essay

The Apollo and Diana masks found on these candelabra are identical to those on an Empire ormolu clock attributed to Claude Galle and illustrated H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschl, et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, München, 1987, p. 302, pl. XXXIV.

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