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Pair of Candelabra,

Bronze with marble base and bronze feet

Dimensions (Object): 810 mm (31.9 in.)

Dimension notes: Approximate dimensions

Accession number: 1960.8.1.1-2

Gift of Joseph Alsop, 1960

Provenance / Collectors' marks: These were part of the original Alsop House furnishings, purchased shortly before the house was built.

Each candelabra represents a young satyr with doves under gilded bronze oak branches which form the six candle holders.

Work Type: decorative_arts

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