A Charles X ormolu chandelier - image-1

Lot 1836 Dα

A Charles X ormolu chandelier

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 20.000 € - 25.000 €

A Charles X ormolu chandelier

Imposing chandelier with six branches formed as cornucopia issuing from a central sphere with a basket finial hanging via the original three chains from a feather crown above. Drilled for (removed) wiring. H 110, D 68.5 cm.
Attributed to France, early 19th C.

Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich 1986, illus. 5.11.4 f.