These candelabra closely relate to a drawing in the Houthakker Collection of circa 1780, attributed to the French School, which is illustrated in J. Bourne and V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, London, 1991, plate 421
They further relate to a pair sold from the collection of Monsieur V.I. in Brussels at Sotheby's Monaco, 3 March 1990, lot 1 and one sold anonymously in these Rooms, 21 November 1985, lot 1