A PAIR OF FRENCH NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA

A PAIR OF FRENCH NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CANDELABRA

IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, AFTER CLODION

each modelled with a dancing infant Bacchus, with a vine leaf loin cloth supporting a pair of spiral fluted cornucopiae, filled with grapes and vine leaves, with a detachable drip-pan, standing on a rocky base, one with a tambourine, the other with a sack, each on a rouge griotte marble plinth, with a ribbon tied laurel wreath band (2)

43.4cm high

Provenance

From a Private Cornish Country Estate.