LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLODION

This well-known model is first recorded in an anonymous drawing of circa 1785, which is now held in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Almost certainly executed in the rue St. Honoré atelier of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre, perhaps made as 'sales material' for the dealer's clients, rather than as a working design for a bronzier. The model was widely admired in the 19th century and bronziers such as Beurdeley and Wertheimer are known to have executed candelabra of this form.