ID 696720
Lot 57 | A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE FOUR-LIGHT CANDLEABRA
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
CAST BY AUGUSTE DELAFONTAINE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870-80
Each modelled as a bamboo basket issuing a pair of branches with ruby glass liners
14 in. (36 cm.) high; 9 1⁄2 in. (24 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired from Roxane Rodriguez, Paris, 1999 (as a clock garniture).
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | Auguste Delafontaine (1813-1892) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Ormolu |
| Medium: | Bronze, Glass, Gold |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Artist: | Auguste Delafontaine (1813-1892) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Ormolu |
| Medium: | Bronze, Glass, Gold |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |




