11/21/2023 0 Comments Grandfather clock![]() ![]() However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. Branches are a little off true vertical from use.No signs of electrification. Slight colour variance to junction point of base of one branch with fitment suggesting it has had remedial small repair. One screw missing to reverse of left hand figure scrolling 'tail'. ![]() Some surface scuffs to gilding and wear to more exposed areas of gilding. There is a small knock to left flank of the right hand figure (as you look at the two). ![]() A very similar pair of candlesticks with lapis mounts to the base were sold at Sotheby's New York, European Decorative Arts, 13th April 2016 Lot 546 $15,000Another pair, with 8 light candelabra and with central signed clock were sold at Sotheby's New York, 16th November 2011, lot 298 $74,500 Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Building on the success of his father and grandfather he won a gold medal at the 1878 Paris Great Exhibition and was honoured with the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1883. A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU THREE LIGHT CANDELABRA BY ALFRED-EMMANUEL-LOUIS BEURDELEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY Each with central stem with leaf and berry finial, swagged nozzles above leaf scrolling branches on a pair of winged Naiads on bases inset with a pair of blue jasper roundels with urn decoration, on toupie feet, each with tail scroll stamped "BY"48.5cm high, bases 26cm wide Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley (1847-1919) was the third and last of the Beurdeley dynasty, suppliers and makers of the highest calibre furniture and decorative objects in Paris in the 19th century. ![]()
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