Lot Details
Lot 88
Pair of Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Chenets
Late 18th century
Each of rectangular form, the central circular body hung with fruiting garlands and applied with scrolls and arrows, surmounted by scrolling leafage centering a flaming urn, four eagle heads and a later flame finial. Height 16 1/2 inches (42 cm), width 14 3/4 inches (37 1/2 cm).
Provenance:
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Hotel de Marlborough, 9, Avenue Charles-Floquet, Paris
Literature:
L.-H. Prost, Collection de Madame et du Colonel Balsan, vol.I and II, ppl. LXIV and CX
Estate of Lady Sarah Consuelo Spencer-Churchill
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
Sold for $54,625 (includes buyer's premium)
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