CANDELABRA, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Central portion is a vase in purple glass mounted in ormolu. It has short foot in ormolu and a larger one in white marble which rests on a square marble plinth. From four sides of the top of vase spring four S-shaped ormolu branches with ormolu boceches. There are three other branches which support a large crystal star and a large crystal teardrop pendant. Each of the bobeches has a large teardrop pendant also. From the top of the vase projects an ormolu cone which supports a long slender toothed pyramid. At top of this is an ormolu tip which supports a crystal disc and six branches with crystal drops.
- Object name:
- CANDELABRA, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Glass -- ormolu -- marble
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- late 18th Century
- Size:
- H. 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.240.2
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968