Eclectic | New York
Eclectic | New York
Property of a Distinguished Gentleman
A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Figural Candlesticks, Attributed to Giuseppe Boschi (1766-1821), Rome, Late 18th/Early 19th Century
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A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Figural Candlesticks
Attributed to Giuseppe Boschi (1766-1821), Rome
Late 18th/Early 19th Century
The central stem moulded in two detachable parts finely cast with flowering branches surmounted by a flame shape nozzle with gadrooned bobeche and flanked at mid-section with three cranes perched on Ram' heads, raised on a triangular open worked base with winged lion supports and on a stepped plinth.
height 15 ¼ in.; base 9 ½ in.; 9 ¾ in.
38.6 cm; 24.2 cm; 24.8 cm
Born in 1766, Giuseppe Boschi was active in Rome in 1783 and awarded the prize from the Saint Luc Academy. Although very renown for his Antiquity scale models, his versions were less expensive than those made by Righetti or Valadier. The architect Charles Tatham greatly appreciated Boschi's craftsmanship with whom he probably collaborated regularly. He commissioned several candlesticks for Carlton House, the Prince of Wales residence.