A FRENCH ORMOLU EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER

A FRENCH ORMOLU EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER

IN RÉGENCE STYLE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the two tiers to lights with fluted urn nozzles on slender stems and circular drip trays with beaded rims, on scrolling foliate branches, the lower tier with female masks, issuing from a composite column with a foliate ceiling boss above an urn with classical heads, a foliate ‘cup and cover’ and flowerbud terminal, fitted for electricity

95cm high, 98cm diameter (approx)