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With a clean, complete well-maintained appearance, structurally sound and ready to place. As stated in the cataloguing, one of the bases has been drilled for electricity, the other based and both sets of nozzles not apparently drilled. The bobeches largely replaced. The ormolu and patinated bronze generally with some minor surface scratches, casting flaws, verdigris and rubbing, as to be expected.
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Lot 5Sale 23577
POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN, CIRCA 1795A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRAEstimate: USD 4,000 - 6,000
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