A Pair of Candlesticks of Gilded Bronze

Ref: 2386

A Pair of Candlesticks of Gilded Bronze

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Ref: 2386

A Pair of Candlesticks of Gilded Bronze

Circa 1810
Gilded Bronze Patinated Bronze
56 x 0 cm (22 x 0 inches)
Paris, France
Literature:
JP. Samoyault, Pendules and bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989
Exhibition:
Château de Fontainebleau, France, designed for Josephine
Description: Attributed to Claude Galle (1758–1815)

Gilded and patinated bronze. Each lamp has four light arms resting on a star-shaped globe supported by three owls standing above lion's mouths on a baluster barrel decorated with masks and fish.

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