PROPERTY FROM THE GLENBOW MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND (Lots 309-326)

A pair of Napoleon III ormolu and patinated bronze eight-light candelabra

CAST BY VICTOR PAILLARD, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of Napoleon III ormolu and patinated bronze eight-light candelabra
Cast by Victor Paillard, Paris, Third quarter 19th Century
Each with scrolling foliate branches centred by a foliate and bulrush stem, one supported by a pair of garland-bearing putti, the other supported by a pair of putto holding a bird's nest, each branch terminating with a circular drip-pan and nozzle, on a scrolled acanthus and latticework base stamped VP beneath a crown, one inscribed in ink with museum inventory number R1945.794A, the other with R1945.794B
37½ in. (95.3 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Although best known as a fondeur, Victor Paillard (d. 1886) also created and produced his own sculptures, chenets, candelabra, other decorative objects and clocks. In the 1830s he opened his own business of Bronze d'art et d'ameublement at 105 boulevard Beaumarchais and 6 rue Saint-Claude, first showing his own work at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1839. By 1855 he was employing about a hundred workmen, and was able to offer his clients hundreds of models in bronze and zinc imitations. As a founder he also worked for numerous well-known sculptors such as Pradier, Barye and Carrier-Belleuse.

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