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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
- THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE ORMOLU PROBABLY MID 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE ORMOLU PROBABLY MID 18TH CENTURY
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    £12,000 - £18,000
  • ($18,192 - $27,288)

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Sale 7900
A View from the Spanish Steps - The Collection of Maria Angiolillo
15 July 2010
London, King Street

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE ORMOLU PROBABLY MID 18TH CENTURY
Each with open rocaille bases inset with a porcelain group of Leda and the swan, issuing three branches with porcelain flowers, stamped with C-couronné poinçon, some flowers later, damage and restoration to the porcelain
13½ in. (34 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep (2)

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The C Couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.

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