A steel candlestick Tula, circa 1800
height: 19.1 (7 1/2in).
the vase and stem enriched with floral garlands and gilding, the square base with entwined ribbon border of silver and gilt metal
Provenance
Jeremy Ltd, London
Private European Collection
For a pair similarly decorated see Sotheby's, New York, Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, 3 November 2005, lot 96.
Comparable candlesticks are published in M. Malchenko, Art Objects in Steel by Tula Craftsmen, Leningrad, 1974, pl. 68 and L. Dementieva ed., 18th to 19th century Tula Artistic Steel, Moscow, 2015, pl. 101, p. 273.
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height: 19.1 (7 1/2in).
the vase and stem enriched with floral garlands and gilding, the square base with entwined ribbon border of silver and gilt metal
Provenance
Jeremy Ltd, London
Private European Collection
For a pair similarly decorated see Sotheby's, New York, Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, 3 November 2005, lot 96.
Comparable candlesticks are published in M. Malchenko, Art Objects in Steel by Tula Craftsmen, Leningrad, 1974, pl. 68 and L. Dementieva ed., 18th to 19th century Tula Artistic Steel, Moscow, 2015, pl. 101, p. 273.