Pair of large candelabra in the shape of an ovoid vase in ribboned alabaster decorated with garlands of gilt bronze bindweed and handles in double interlaced snakes in patinated bronze. Bouquet of fleurs-de-lis with three lights in gilt bronze. Foliated pedestal on a square base in gilt bronze.
Louis XVI period, circa 1780.
(An unsoldered motif).
Height: 85 cm
For almost identical candelabra:
- Mannheim Estate, Galerie Georges Petit, 14 March 1913, n° 96.
- Hotel Drouot, Fraysse study, December 14, 1994, n° 45E.
This model was also produced with a porcelain body: Victoria & Albert Museum, n° 982A.
Comparative bibliography:
Ottomeyer / Pröschel, Vergoldete bronzen, München, 1986, page 259.