three-giltwood-altar-candlesticks
Lot 271
Three Giltwood Altar Candlesticks
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, gesso and giltwood, the first an alter pricket, on tripodal base with paw feet (26 in.) (old insect damage and rubbing and loss to gilt); second a 19th century painted white and gilt candelabra, round wood base (25 in.) (stable craquelure and rubbing to gilt, missing a third arm); the third a baluster form altar candlestick, now electrified, with painted fluting on a round base (31 in.) (crack and repair to stem base, scattered cracks to round base, scattered gilt loss and later gilt).

The Caroline Faison Antiques Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina