Polychromed, Parcel Gilt and Bronze-Mounted Torchieres
late 19th/early 20th century, each with six light with leaf-form gilt bronze candle cups on gilt metal scrolled arms, hung with amethyst glass prisms, carved, painted and wooden stands on tripod bases set with musical trophies and thick Siena marble bases, 85 x 16 x 16 in., scattered paint flaking and losses, one with break and repair at base of reeded column, one with minor break and repair at top of central candle support, other minor cracks to shafts, minor edge chips and wear to marble bases. Provenance: Bois Doré Auction, Newport, Rhode Island, September 27 and 28, 1977, lot 149 (provenance noted in catalog William Fahnestock); Estate of Charles Edward and Miriam Barr Mitchell, Woodlawn, Quinby, South Carolina
Condition
scattered paint flaking and losses, one with break and repair at base of reeded column, one with minor break and repair at top of central candle support, other minor cracks to shafts, minor edge chips and wear to marble bases