Pair of Large French Figural Candelabra in Patinated Bronze, Ormolu and White Ma

An impressive pair of early 19th century French Empire ormolu candelabra, in the form of winged figures of standing ladies, holding aloft flowerhead decorated nozzles, linked by flor...

A fine pair of antique French porcelain and fire gilded ormolu candelabra. Superb quality ormolu and very finely hand painted celeste porcelain. The candleholders are of celeste porc...

A quite superb pair of French Louis XVIth transitional ormolu and white marble figural candelabra. Set on a square ormolu base with white marble socle. Each figure beautifully sculpted and hand finished by the Graveur after the fire gilding process. Both boy and girl hold an ormolu flower pot in which are two ormolu candle holders in the form of tulips. While unsigned, the form may be attributed to Prieur . Very fine condition with superb and original fire/mercury gilt ormolu and retaining hand cut screws and threads. Circa 1770. 16 inches tall by 4 inches square at base. JEAN LOUIS PRIER (le vieux) b Paris, 1732–6; d Paris, 6 May 1795). French sculptor, bronze-caster, designer and engraver. He may have been trained by his cousin JEAN-JOSEPH DE SAINT-GERMAIN. Prieur was accepted as a sculptor in the Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris, in 1765 and became a master bronze-caster and chaser in 1769. In 1766 he collaborated with Victor Louis and Philippe Caffiéri.

A very fine and unusual pair of French patinated bronze two branch figural candelabra. Quite superb modelling to the two individual figures. Standing upon tri-form base decorated wit...

A magnificent pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze figural ten-light candelabra Date: 19th century Origin: French Size: 40 inches high.

A pair of tall figural bronze nine light candelabras. A male satyr and female baccante in a dark green patinated bronze, holding spiral-fluted ormolu cornucopias dripping in grapes t...

This stunning pair of candelabra exemplifies the enchanting Chinoiserie style that captivated 19th-century France, possibly crafted by the esteemed Parisian artisan Denier. Each piec...

Very well cast models of classical maidens standing on decorated stepped rectangular black marble bases, the upper base mounted with an Etruscan style frieze; the bases have gilt bro...