A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED GIALLO DI SIENA FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
25000GBP £ 25 000 
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S | 
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London | 
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ID 1225468 
Lot 152  | A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED-BRONZE AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED GIALLO DI SIENA FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 40 000 
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
Each with circular base supporting a tripartite plinth with foliate moulding and angles with boar heads joined by vineleaf swags, the central shaft with spirally-fluted roundel beneath a quiver of arrows and triple lionhead, surrounded by sirens with double fishtails supporting three ship prows issuing shellwork driptrays and nozzles decorated with coral and shells, the central nozzle cast with a frieze depicting a classical charioteer, previously drilled for elecricity, the undersides with inventory stamp 'S*C 15430' and 'S*C 15431' respectively
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) diameter
| Artist: | Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 - 1843) | 
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu | 
| Art style: | Empire | 
| Auction house category: | Candlesticks and candelabras | 
| Artist: | Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 - 1843) | 
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu | 
| Art style: | Empire | 
| Auction house category: | Candlesticks and candelabras | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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