A pair of early 19th century, French, gilt bronze candlesticks. The sconce with palmette leaf body above a tapered column decorated with bands of small sunflowers, the circular base with fish scale & palmette leaf decorated border. Regilded.
Height 9” (23cm)
Diameter at base 4 3/8” (11.2cm)
French
Circa 1830
SOLD
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
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
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
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
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
A fine & unusual pair of French gilt bronze & champlevé candlesticks of oriental inspiration. The standing figures above elaborately shaped bases with toupie feet and flanked by twin candle sconces. Regilded.
Height 6 1/2” (16.5cm)
Width 8 3/4” (22.2cm)
Depth 3 5/8” (9.2cm)
French
Circa 1880
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
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
A set of four Charles X ormolu candlesticks. The reeded and fluted tapering stems supporting a single sconce, standing on a circular leaf cast base.
Height 9 1/2” (24cm)
Diameter 4 1/4” (10.7cm)
French
Circa 1830
A pair of Charles X ormolu candlesticks. The reeded and fluted tapering stems supporting a single sconce, standing on a circular leaf cast base.
Height 9 1/2” (24cm)
Diameter 4 1/4” (10.7cm)
French
Circa 1830
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
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
A delightful pair of late 19th century, Continental, ormolu candlesticks each in the form of a bear starting to climb a tree supporting a single candle sconce with leafy drip pans. Original ormolu patination.
Height 8 3/4” (22.5cm)
Base diameter 3” (7.5cm)
Continental
Circa 1880
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
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
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
A pair of early 19th century, French, gilt bronze candlesticks. The tapered column with fish scale cast decoration interspersed with a band of small sunflowers, above a circular base with laurel leaf decorated border. Original gilding, the drip pans replaced.
Height 7 3/4“ (19.7cm)
Diameter at base 3 3/4“ (9.5cm)
French
Circa 1830
A fine pair of early 19th century, French Empire, bronze and ormolu candlesticks. The gilt drip pans inset a flared sconce with cast band of flowers with a reeded body and supported by bases finely cast and chased with floral and waterleaf decoration. Retaining the original mercury gilding and dark patination.
Height 8 1/4“ (21cm)
Width 4” (10cm)
Depth 4” (10cm)
French
Circa 1820
