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A pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze three-branch candelabra, possibly by R. F. Lindroth (1813-17).

Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
4 410 - 6 620 EUR
4 680 - 7 020 USD
Hammer price
90 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Alexander Johansson
Stockholm
Alexander Johansson
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A pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze three-branch candelabra, possibly by R. F. Lindroth (1813-17).

"Aux victoires ailées". Possibly executed by Reinhold Friedric Lindroth the elder (master bronzier in Stockholm 1813-17) after a French model. Gilded and patinated bronze. Modelled as the goddess Victoria carrying a wreath with three branches. Height 60.5 cm.

Provenance

Earlier in the collections at Torup Castle, Bara parish, Skåne.

Literature

See: Swedish Castles and Manor Houses: Skåne Part II, Alhems: Malmö, 1966, illustrated p. 359; also see Swedish Castles and Manor Houses at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Skåne, Nordisk familjeboks tryckeri: Stockholm 1909, illustrated p. 17; Jan von Gerber, Gilded Bronzes during the Empire Period, Ica bokförlag: Västerås 1991, pages 10f & 38f, compare to a gas candelabra likely made by Lindroth.