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Pair of ormolu torches with a fluted shaft, ringed...

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Pair of ormolu torches with a fluted shaft, ringed and with a finial, finished with a binet decorated with leaves, on a circular base underlined by branches of leaves and flowers. Shaft in several parts on threaded iron rod. Model attributed to Claude GALLE. Consulate or early Empire period, circa 1800-1805. H. 24,2 and 23,5 cm. One wick is missing. Some scratches and stains. Bibliography : For similar or close models, some in two patinas, see Jean-Pierre Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes entrés sous le Premier Empire, Musée nationale du Château de Fontainebleau, 1989, p. 181, n° 163.