Large Antique French Gilt Bronze Gothic Church Altar Jesus Statue Griffins Candlestick 1890 Sold by Hirsch Markowitsch

by Hirsch Markowitsch

some of the engravings can be found at the National Portrait Gallery and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris

The cabinet is made from the most striking figured blond ash with highly variegated grain

" being from the neighbourhood of Dublin

The three door cabinet having a white varigated cararra marble top

Large Antique French Gilt Bronze Gothic Church Altar Jesus Statue Griffins Candlestick 1890 Sold by Hirsch MarkowitschA fine & large 33" tall antique French Gothic ecclesiastical gilt bronze "Vive Jesus" candlestick, circa 1890. The candlestick is very finely cast of heavy gilt bronze, the top having a pierced and reticulated sconce decorated with scroll work and fleur des lis, with a central candlestick holder, below is an octagonal cuff with Fleury shaped crosses. The column having a stylized ring of thorns cuff supported with a Corinthian style capital, below is a