19th century, near pair of figural candlesticks, each with patinated bronze cherub supporting gilt bronze rope and candle cup, hung with cut crystal drops, all mounted on white marble plinth with gilt bronze mountings, accompanied by 1987 receipt from Mrs. John Pierrepont, Inc., Far Hills, New Jersey, indicating a price of $2,800, 13-1/2 in.; pair garnitures, each with tapering white marble column draped with gilt bronze chains, surmounted by black marble urn with gilt bronze mounts and floral cluster, all supported by white and black marble stepped base with gilt bronze beads and foliate devices, 16-1/2 in.ÿ, Provenance: Mrs. John Pierrepont, Inc., Far Hills, New Jersey, (candlesticks); Peter Mack Brown (garniture); Collection from an Important American Family
Condition
some losses to gilt and patinated surfaces with scattered bumps and flea nicks, marble with scratches, nicks, chips, and abrasions, break and repair to both bronze stems supporting marble urn with some gilt retouch, one column with break and repair to bottom, one bronze rope tassel slightly loose, scattered chips to cut crystal, one crystal prism replaced with pale purple drop, some wax residue, other surface wear and abrasions consistent with age and useÿ