A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

AFTER THE MODELS BY CLODION, CIRCA 1880

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A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE AND MARBLE NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
AFTER THE MODELS BY CLODION, CIRCA 1880
Each modelled with a figure, one a satyr, the other a baccante, supporting a vine-filled cornucopia issuing a two-tier candelabra with S-scrolled branches, on a rouge griotte plinth with spreading leaf-cast rim, on simulated porphyry scagliola pedestal columns
The candelabra - 54½ in. (138½ cm.) high; the columns - 44 in. (112 cm.) high (2)

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This model was widely admired in the 19th century and bronziers such as Beurdeley and Wertheimer are known to have executed candelabra of this form. Indeed, while the former sold a pair at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-9 May 1895, lot 95, the sale of Samuel Wertheimer's collection at Christie's, London included "The patterns for a pair of large candelabra in the style of Clodion" as lot 13. Further pairs of this model with eleven lights are known, of which two are in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, London, 1974, Vol. I, no.165, pp. 688-9) and a further pair was sold from the Collection of Samson Wertheimer, Christie's London, 15-18 March 1892, lot 331.