Description
Bronze & Ormolu
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to introduce this pair of Antique Pair of Candelabra. The Candelabra of beautiful petit size cast in bronze with five branches in total, four branches stem out of the body with scrolled acanthus decorated arm supports and gilded flower heads and the central column issuing above. The four corners of the urn shaped boy surmounted by ormolu acorns with twin lion mask handles, one to each side. The front facing panel with an onlaid ormolu decoration with abstract fleur-de-lis scrollwork. The bases stemming from tapered ormolu mounts with high quality cast rope work upon a stepped bronze base with further ormolu decoration stood upon four ormolu feet. The Antique Pair of Candelabra are made in the English regency style and date to the turn of the 20th century circa 1900.
Ormolu is the name given to a gilding technique which consists of applying a finely ground high-carat gold–mercury amalgam to an object of bronze. The mercury is driven off in a kiln with extreme heat leaving behind a gold coating. Also known as bronze doré in French or gilt bronze in English. Around 1830, legislation in France had outlawed the use of mercury for health reasons however it was continued to be used until 1900s. This process has generally replaced today by electroplating gold over base substrate.
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper with approximately 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon depending on the age of the bronze and its origin. The additions of other metals produce a range of alloys that are usually harder than copper alone and carry useful properties such as strength. The earliest known use of bronze dates to the 5th millennium BCE from Iranian plateau, the bronze mix consists of arsenical copper and copper-arsenide. The earliest tin-copper-alloy recovered is dated to circa 4650 BCE and was found in Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin-copper ore.
Candelabra is a candle holder with multiple arms that may be placed on any surface.
Measurements 40.5cm High x 17.5cm Wide x 17.5cm Deep (15.95 x 6.9 x 6.9 Inches)
Condition Very Good, the candelabras are in untouched condition with the original gilding to the bronze.
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