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PARIS 1809-1819 Pair of candelabra with three...

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PARIS 1809-1819 Pair of candelabra with three removable silver light arms, weighted base. They rest on a circular base edged with pearls as a reminder of the girandoles. The bowl is chiselled in repoussé of swans in alternate windings proper. The four-sided shaft is plain and terminates in four busts of women facing each other. The central point of the girandoles represents an urn topped with a pine cone. The supports of the bobbins of the light arms represent eagle heads. Goldsmith: Daniel GARREAU, MIGNEROT's successor, inscribes in 1817 Very well punched in the bobèches of the goldsmith and the goldsmith's association as well as on the barrel and the base. Condition: top of the center of a slightly leaning girandole, to be straightened Gross weight: 4820 g, height: 45.6 cm, base diameter: 13.6 cm