Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A PAIR OF TURNED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY BARBEDIENNE, FRENCH, (FL.1830-92)

each having a 'U'-shaped socket with a removeable sconce, the stem with a thin discoid knop above a 'cup and cover' knop, the circular base, engraved 'F. BARBEDIENNE' (2)

17.5cm high

Catalogue Note

Barbedienne was one of the foremost French Art Foundries, started in 1838. They became famous for producing high quality reproduction bronzes of Renaissance and later sculpture, along with candlesticks and furniture mounts.

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 10, no. 8.