A fine pair of ormolu candlesticks, 19th century, the small…
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A fine pair of ormolu candlesticks, 19th century, the small heavy sticks with rocaille cast bases and Renaissance inspired stems with unusual grotesque capitals comprising three goat horned male figures, their long beards spiralling around the stem, and surmounted by dishes and waisted nozzles with patterned and beaded rims and borders. Height 18 cm

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  • Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
  • Grotesque - Grotesque decoration is any fanciful ornament applied to furniture and decorative arts, and includes distorted faces, mythical animals such as satyrs and sphinxes and less frequently fantastical fruit and flower forms.

    The Martin Brothers who set up their pottery at the end of the nineteenth century in Southall, Middlesex derived their fame from their hand made models of grotesque stoneware birds.

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