Wall-mounted candelabra
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Ormolu and ebony
Place of origin
France
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608477
Summary
Two wall mounted ormolu candelabra with four branches with circular drip pans, additional acanthus leaf scrolls with eagle head terminals. Classical female figure in ebony rests on bracket decorated with grapes and vine leaves. Possibly of French manufacture, circa 1810. Fitted for electricity, with silk lampshades.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).