A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-GILT CANDELABRA

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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-GILT CANDELABRA
THE CANDLESTICKS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-PIERRE-NICOLAS BIBRON, PARIS 1798-1809, THE BRANCHES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MARGUERITE HOGUET, PARIS, 1809-1819

Each on spreading circular base, cast and chased with anthemion, scrolling foliage and winged hippocamps, the tapering square stems on three paw feet and applied beneath the vase-shaped socket with female busts, the detachable plain curved branches with cylindrical stem applied with rosettes and lion's masks, each branch terminating in a circular drip-pan, spool-shaped socket and detachable circular nozzle, with foliage borders, marked on bases, sockets and nozzles, one nozzle unmarked, the bases filled
46.5 cm (18¼ in) high (2)

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