A pair of early 19th century ormolu mounted cut glass candelabra

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A pair of early 19th century ormolu mounted cut glass candelabra
A pair of early 19th century ormolu mounted cut glass candelabra ( England c. 1815 )

Medium

Cut glass and ormolu

Dimensions

55.00cm wide 71.00cm high 15.00cm deep (21.65 inches wide  27.95 inches high  5.91 inches deep)

Description / Expertise

The massive 'feather and diamond' cut glass bases, each with two ormolu tiers fitted with two similar cut glass pans and nozzles, dressed with faceted terminal drops centred by ormolu lyres between the top arms, supporting magnificent cut glass sunbursts having an ormolu mask of the sun god in the centre.