Pair of French Empire Gilt Patinated Bronze Three-Light Candelabra ca. 1815

PAIR OF EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Paris, France ca. 1815-35 | raised on antico verde marble plinths

25 1/2" H x 9" W x 4 1/2" D

A very finely chiseled pair of candelabra from the post-Napoleonic French Restauration period, they feature matched female figurals in Neoclassical garment gingerly holding a pair of long vases in each arm. From these vessels spring curling branches with serrated acanthus leaves and bunches of grapes curling outward to raise candle wells on either side and rising upward to join together lifting a swollen baluster with ram's head masks on either side below the single upper candle well. The figures stand on a gilt bronze plinth resting on a beautifully patinated antico verde marble mounted with masks on the front and jugs on either side. The base is a reeded cove-molded rim over a straight squared bronze plinth. Note the remarkable quality of the chiseling and the brilliant fire gilding. A very fine and remarkably well-preserved pair.

Condition: Old branch repair. One replaced screw in back of figure. Mostly original fire gilding. Wear to gilding on plinth beneath figures and base beneath marble. Trace wear to gilding throughout, tarnish and discolorations. Some regilded elements. Carefully cleaned and waxed. Ready to place.

ref. 507PPP02A