A pair of French tôle dorée, gilt- and-patinated bronze six-light candelabra

AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE GOUTHIÈRE, BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, DATED 1877

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A pair of French tôle dorée, gilt- and-patinated bronze six-light candelabra
After the model by Pierre Gouthière, By Henry Dasson, Paris, Dated 1877
Each with a central stem surmounted by a flame finial above an urn, flanked by six scroll and foliate branches, each headed by an eagle head, with flower-head nozzle, above a vase surmounted by a waisted spirally fluted neck, flanked to each side by a female faun, on a waisted foliate spreading socle, on a square base inscribed henry Dasson 1877
36 in. (61.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For a note on Henry Dasson, please refer to lot 113.

These candelabra are inspired by the celebrated model made by Pierre Gouthière in 1775.

An 18th Century pair is now in the Frick Collection, New York.

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