A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CANDELABRA
Each with a winged putto standing on a globe above clasps of scrolling foliage, holding a bow inscribed 'GARDE A VOUS' and issuing two foliate nozzles, on a moulded column with floral pattern and laurel-wreathed sockle, on a square plinth, three drip-pans missing
16 in (40.5 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep; 7 in. (8 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Love's universal power is celebrated by Cupids aiming their weapons from globe-capped altars. Amongst the leading Parisian manufacturers of such bronze candelabra was Claude-Francois Rabiat (d.1815) of the rue Beaubourg (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, 'Rabiat', L'Estampille, April, 1991, pp. 86-93). The inscription 'garde a vous' appeared on one of the clocks listed in the inventory of his stock in 1815 (see D. Ledoux-Lebard, ibid., pp. 86-93). The same inscription appears on a pair of candelabra of similar pattern which was sold at Christie's New York, 30 March 1995, lot 82 (,875).

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