A Louis XVI five light candelabrum, the laurel chased central nozzle supported by an urn with lion monopodiae, the reeded scroll branches with female sphinx head terminals, the central column with quadruped caryatid support, draped with swags of foliage, the domed circular base with chiselled acanthine decoration and fluted border, the base marked with an 'X' and inscribed in pen Ctesse Siméon -- 24½in. (62cms.) high; and a similar 19th century reduction of the same model -- 23¾in. (60cms.) high. (2)

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A Louis XVI five light candelabrum, the laurel chased central nozzle supported by an urn with lion monopodiae, the reeded scroll branches with female sphinx head terminals, the central column with quadruped caryatid support, draped with swags of foliage, the domed circular base with chiselled acanthine decoration and fluted border, the base marked with an 'X' and inscribed in pen Ctesse Siméon -- 24½in. (62cms.) high; and a similar 19th century reduction of the same model -- 23¾in. (60cms.) high. (2)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen Klinkhardt &
Biermann, Munich, Colour plate XXV and plate 4.7.10.

A Similar candelabrum, attributed to Pierre Goutière, was sold by the Parisian auctioneers, Le Brun, in a sale held on 26 November 1787.

It is possible that the distinctive design of the bases of these candelabra with garlanded caryatid supports is taken from an album of designs by Jean Demosthène Dugourc published for the Comte de Provence and Madame Elizabeth, F.J.B. Watson, Wallace Collection Catalogue, London, 1956. F. 1746 175. The drawing is reproduced in Vergoldete Bronzen, plate 4.15.6