A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND RED MARBLE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

IN THE MANNER OF CLAUDE MICHEL, DIT CLODION, LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AUSTRIAN

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND RED MARBLE FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
In the manner of Claude Michel, dit Clodion, Late 18th Century, possibly Austrian
Each in the form a classical maiden, one holding a flower wreath, the second laurel branches, leaning on a flower draped vase surmounted by a torch issuing S-scrolled candlebranches headed by griffin heads alternating with rope-twisted horn-form candlebranches centering a flower finial, on a square stepped base, cast with entrelac
32in. (82.5cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) diameter (2)

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Please note that this lot has no red marble component.

Lot Essay

Designed in the 'antique' manner of the 1780's, the nymphs draped la Chiton, these candelabra are of almost identical model to those inscribed 'Clodion' in the Cleveland Museum of Art (42.59). Undoubtedly cast from a model by Claude-Michel, dit Clodion (1738-1814) and formerly in the collection of Sir Richard Wallace, the Cleveland candelabra are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Prschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p.284, fig. 4.14.2.

An unattributed design of circa 1785 depicting two nymphs flanking an urn, that on the right portrayed in a very similar vein, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Prschel et al., op.cit., p. 284, fig. 4.14.10.

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