Object Description
A Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Candelabra. After The Model by Clodion.
Each modelled with a dancing putto, emblematic of music and wine. Supporting vine-clad candle branches. Each raised on a fluted rouge griotte marble pedestal base with interlaced vine frieze.
Although the bronzier responsible for these candelabra remains unrecorded, the model itself enjoyed enormous success in both the 18th and 19th Centuries and shares much in common with the oeuvres of the sculptor Claude Michel, dit Clodion (see H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol.1, p.210, no.XXVIII).
France, Circa 1880.