Rare pair of Italian candelabra with three arms and four lights adorned with sheathed caryatids and bases decorated with sphinxes with outstretched wings
Circa 1805-1815
Gilded and patinated bronze
Provenance: Collection of Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Villa Reale di Marlia, Lucca, until 1815; Collection of Marie Louise Duchesse de Lucques and by descent of the Dukes of Bourbon-Parme, Villa Reale di Marlia, Lucca; Collection of Countess Pecci-Blunt, Villa Reale di Marlia, Lucca, from 1923.
