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Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1254543
Summary
Pair of Italian giltwood bracket Candelabra's or Torcheres, one with a mermaid , and the other with a merman stem, both holding putti clasping a cornucopia issuing a spray of ormolu flowers incorporating five lights. William Bankes applied the tortoiseshell veneer to their spreading triangular plinths, added the tortoises for feet and regilded them. Fitted for electricity. No shades.