The Estate of Christian, Lady Hesketh:Sold by order of her Executors, together with property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh's Will Trust

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Lot 8
  • 8

A French gilt-bronze and blue-painted tôle chandelier in Empire style, 19th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • 106cm. high, 53cm. wide; 3ft.7¾in. by 1ft.8¾in.
with a foliate cast corona, above a spirally twisted stem, the reservoir in the form of a star-studded globe supporting six scrolled candlearms in the form of swans, supporting a candle-nozzle and drip-pan in their beaks interposed by a patera with a foliate knop; drilled for electicity

Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
H.Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Volume I, Munich, 1986, p. 359, fig. 5.11.5, illustrates the original early 19th century model upon which this chandelier is based, in Schloss Wilhelmshõhe, Kassel. There is a further early 19th century example in the Munich Residenz.