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SOLD: Rare Pair Of Italian Baroque Pricket Candlesticks
Italian Baroque Pricket Candlesticks formed as Solomonic Columns. Intricately carved gilt Corinthian capitals above gilt leaf-wrapped spiral columns in faux green marble finish. Standing on plinths with 4 gilt acanthus-carved panels against a rose-coloured background. Inspired by Constantine's columns & Bernini's columned Baldacchino installed in St. Peter's , Vatican, in the 17th century.
H: 64" Italy, c. 1700
Inventory #794
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