$2,500
Italy. 19th Century. Unusual matched pair of Louis XVI style wood, gesso, gilt iron and crystal table girandoles both modeled as a flowering urn surmounted with shaped crystal clear finials, the backplate issuing scrolling arms hung with colored and clear crystal flowerheads, prisms and drops in green and pale blue, over scrolled acanthus mounted with a central pricket spire hung with cobalt and clear flowerheads, green prisms and pale blue shaped drops, above two candlearms with dished cups originating from scrolled acanthus shaped backplate further hung with green and colorless flowerheads, drops and prisms, the whole supported from blue paint and gilt decorated wood urn form base mounted on a square plinth, not electrified. Height 48.5", width 15".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2014-08-10