Lot 1193: Willard Dryden Paddock (American, 1873-1956)

< b > Willard Dryden Paddock (American, 1873-1956), < /b > a patinated bronze Art Nouveau figural candelabrum, after the 1911 model, cast by the Gorham Foundry, Providence, Rhode Island, depicting an Empire-robed female figure figure, her arms outstretched and each holding a candlesocket, her vision obscured by a child whose arms are wrapped around her eyes, the figure raised above a tall, thin standard and circular base, signed, dated and numbered along the basal edge "Willard D. Paddock 1911" and "Edit 25, No. 16", the latter partially obscuring the rubbed Gorham mark, h. 28-1/2", w. 6-1/2", base dia. 5".