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Set of candelabra late 18th century
Gilt and patinated bronze | 113.7 x 62.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2694
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Two pairs of six-light candelabra of gilt and patinated bronze. Each pair is composed of a faun and mymph in patinated bronze of matching but reversed design. Each holding a cornucopia filled with grapes and vine leaves from which spring chased serpentine branches for the six lights. At their feet there are pan pipes and tazzas, gilt tamborines are attached at the waist.
Versions of these candelabra were produced in both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A design for the candelabra and their bases, possibly by the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, exists in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. A pair of the eighteenth-century versions, from the royal palace of the Tuileries, with figures attributed to Claude-Michel Clodion, is now in the Louvre Museum.Provenance
These candelabra were acquired for Carlton House by George IV when Prince Regent, and were placed in the Crimson Drawing Room in 1817.
Included in the Pictorial Inventory of 1827-33 – RCIN 934800 and 934801. The inventory was originally created as a record of the clocks, vases, candelabra and other miscellaneous items from Carlton House, as well as selected items from the stores at Buckingham House, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace for consideration in the refurbishment of Windsor Castle.
All four were in the Bow Room on the State Floor of Carlton House. On 21 November 1828, two of the set were sent to Windsor Castle through Mr Brandt; the other pair were delivered to Windsor Castle in 1831; one pair was "selected for the New Ball Room at Windsor Castle in 1831, and Now there" in 1834. Recorded in the 1834 pictorial inventory of candelabra in George IV's possession. The others were recorded in the White Room in July 1838, and again in 1915. -
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Gilt and patinated bronze
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113.7 x 62.2 cm (whole object)
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