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Antique Pair of Satyr Ormolu Candlesticks

A fine pair of 19th century, French, gilt bronze candlesticks in the form of young satyrs. The sconces modelled as a woven basket overflowing with fruit and flowers, held aloft by a standing young horned satyr, looking down with his hands on his fat belly. The square stepped plinth base with acanthus leaf and berried border. Retaining the original mercury wash gilding. The base undersides with cast ’H’. Very minor wear to gilding.

Height 7 3/4″ (19.7cm)

Width 3″ (7.2cm)

Depth 3” (7.2cm)

French

Circa 1880

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Antique French Empire Candlesticks Claude Galle

Claude Galle,(1759-1815).

Pair Of Egyptian Candlesticks from The Empire Period, ‘Retour d’Egypte’.
Fine pair of Empire period candlesticks, in patinated and gilded bronze. The central tapering column crowned by three heads of Egyptian women wearing the ‘nemes’ supporting the sconce decorated with palmettes.
The circular base with three pairs of feet to the priestesses, above a a band of stylized palmettes.

Height 8 5/8″ (22cm)

Base Diameter 3 7/8″ (9.8cm)

French

Circa 1805

An identical pair were in the bedroom of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint-Cloud (ref: 1807 inventory). Then from 1837 to 1861 at the Grand Trianon.
In 1886 the pair returned from Versailles to the Garde-Meuble (inventory number GML 4927 001).
This pair of candlesticks is illustrated and described in “L’heure, le feu, la lumière”, the bronzes of the Mobilier National de Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, on page 146.

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Antique Pair of 19th Century French Charles X Ormolu Candelabra

A fine pair of French, Charles X, ‘Romantic period’ bronze & ormolu candelabra. The classically dressed bronze figures holding aloft a three branch candelabra standing on stepped plinths with hexagonal bases. Retaining the original mercury gilding. Usual signs of wear commensurate with age. Both with cast ‘DUB’ to each mount. Both numbered to each part ‘7’ & ‘8’ respectively.

Height 17” (43cm)

Width 7” (17.5cm)

Depth 4” (10cm)

French

Circa 1825

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Antique Ormolu Pair of Louis Style Table Lamp Candlesticks

A very fine pair of French, late 19th century, ormolu table lamps in the early Louis XV style. The single sconce above a stem cast with acanthus leaves standing on a spreading stepped base with scroll and shell border. Finely cast and chased with the original matt & burnished gilding. Rewired.

Height 11″ (28cm) Lamp Height 16 3/4” (42.5cm)

Width 6″ (15cm)

Depth 6″ (15cm)

French

Circa 1890

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Antique Ormolu Table Lamps In the Empire Style

A pair of late 19th century gilt brass candlestick lamps in the Empire style. The single sconce over a central stem cast with florets, issuing from a spreading circular base, with bands of sunflower heads. Regilded. Sympathetically converted to electricity. Rewired.

Height to bayonet 13 3/4” (35cm)

Candlestick height 9 3/4” (24.5cm)

Base diameter 4 3/4” (12cm)

French

Circa 1870

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Antique Pair of Regency Bronze Candlesticks

A fine pair of early 19th century, George III, patinated bronze candlesticks. Each in the form of a kneeling winged maiden in classical dress, arms raised holding a candle sconce in the form of a swagged urn with an entwined serpent, and retaining the original drip pans. The square stepped plinth bases are weighted with cast iron.

Height 7 1/2″ (19cm)

Width 3 1/4″ (8.2cm)

Depth 3 1/4″ (8.2cm)

English

Circa 1810

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Antique Pair of Regency Candlesticks

A fine pair of Regency Period bronze & ormolu candlesticks. Each with a single candle sconce cast with a leafy border above a shallow bronze urn supported by three monopodia, headed by rams masks with scrolling horns & ending in hoof feet. The circular stepped plinth bases with pinatum finial, a Greek Key band through the centre and finely cast spreading base.

Height 9 1/2″ (24cm)

Width 4 1/4″ (10.5cm)

Depth 4 1/4″ (10.5cm)

English

Circa 1815

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Antique Pair of French Directoire Period Candlesticks

A fine pair of French, early 19th century, bronze, ormolu & marble candlesticks. Each in the form of a classically dressed maiden supporting a single candle sconce with original bobeche, and palmette leaf collar. The turned white marble plinths with rope twist border. The sconce discretely drilled as once wired.

Height 11″ (28cm)

Base diameter 3 3/4″ (9.6cm)

French

Circa 1800

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Antique Ormolu Table Lamps In the Empire Style

A pair of late 19th century gilt brass candlestick lamps in the Empire style. The single sconce over a central stem cast with florets, issuing from a spreading circular base, with bands of anthemions. Regilded. Sympathetically converted to electricity. Rewired & PAT tested.

Height to bayonet 13 3/4” (35cm)

Candlestick height 9 7/8” (25cm)

Base diameter 4 3/4” (12cm)

French

Circa 1870

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Antique Pair of Elkington & Co Ormolu Candlesticks after Rundell, Bridge & Rundell

Elkington & Co
A lovely pair of early Victorian ormolu and parcel silvered swan candlesticks after a 1834 design by William Bateman II for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. The leafy acanthus nozzles with floral drip pans on corresponding narrow foliate stems flanked by three seated swans, on shaped tripartite bases decorated with various seashells. Retaining the original gilt & silver finishes, with superb chasing details. Hallmarks ‘Elkington & Co’ date code letter ‘O’, 1853.

Height 6 3/4″ (17cm)

Width 5 1/2″ (14cm)

Depth 5″ (12.7cm)

English

Circa 1853

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Antique Ormolu Swan Candlesticks After William Bateman

A lovely pair of early Victorian ormolu and parcel silvered swan candlesticks after an 1834  design by William Bateman II for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. The leafy acanthus nozzles with drip pans on corresponding narrow foliate stems flanked by three seated swans, on shaped tripartite bases raised on lobed bun feet. Retaining the original gilt & silver finishes. Superb chasing to the acanthus leaves.

Height 6 3/4″ (17.2cm)

Width 4 1/8″ (10.5cm)

Depth 4″ (10cm)

English

Circa 1840

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Antique Regency Ormolu Candlesticks

A pair of fine quality Regency period ormolu & bronze candlesticks of diminutive size. The removable sconces above an urn shaped body with tripod supports headed by rams heads, standing on stepped circular plinths with marble plinths. Retaining the original gilt & bronze patination. Slight differences to the sconces.

Height 5 3/4” (14.5cm)

Plinth 3 3/4” diameter (9.5cm)

English

Circa 1810

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Antique French Ormolu & Bronze Candlesticks

A pair of French ormolu & bronze candlesticks from the first half of the 19th century. The sconces with removable drip pans above a bronzed reeded column headed with a basket of fruit, the bases with water leaf decoration above a circular domed base cast with acanthus leaves. Regilded.

Height 11 1/2” (29cm)

Base diameter 5 1/4” (13.5cm)

French

Circa 1830

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Antique Pair of Gilt Bronze Cherub Candlesticks

A pair of French gilt bronze candlestick, in the Louis XVI style. Each cast as three putti standing back to back, holding bunches of grapes, supporting a single cast candle sconce with drip pan, and supported by a well cast and chased stepped circular base . Retaining the original gilding. Stamped ‘H’ to underside.

Height 8 1/4” (21cm)

Diameter at base 4 1/4” (10.8cm)

French

Circa 1870

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Antique Victorian Neoclassical Style Ormolu Candlesticks

A fine pair of late 19th century ormolu candlesticks in the neoclassical style. The beaded drip pans above a floral swagged sconce with a tapering column beneath, standing on a flared square section base with canted corners and small bun feet. Superbly cast with rams head mask, acanthus scrolls and retaining the original gilding.

Height 8 1/8” (20.7cm)

Width 3 5/16” (8.4cm)

Depth 3 5/16” (84cm)

English

Circa 1880