Lot 69
69
A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
1 More
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal.… Read more
A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815-30

Details
A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU, PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE TWELVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815-30
Each in the form of a clasically-draped maiden holding a flaming oil lamp, surmounted by a baluster-shaped acanthus-cast urn issuing twelve foliate-sheathed scroll branches with central flaming finial, on a stepped square pedestal base, the fronts mounted with Hephaestus and Psyche respectively, the sides with thunderbolts, on a square plinth with berried laurel moulding, one stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS'
60 ¾ in. (154 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Robert de Balkany, rue de Varenne, Paris, Sotheby's, Paris, 28-29 September 2016, lot 246.
Special notice
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.

Brought to you by

Paul Gallois
Paul Gallois
+44 (0)20 7389 2260

Lot Essay


These monumental candelabra, stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS' are characteristic of the oeuvre of the foremost Parisian manufacturer of gilt bronzes in the early 19th century. Trained as a sculptor under Houdon, Pierre-Philippe Thomire was apprenticed to the ciseleur Pierre Gouthière. Thomire established his workshop in 1776 and in 1783 he worked at the Sèvres porcelain factory providing ormolu mounts. He established a new bronze business under the name Thomire, Duterme et Cie in 1804, was made ciseleur de l’Empereur in 1809 and retired in 1823. Modelled as classically-draped maidens, this popular model continued to be produced by his workshop until the late 1830s.

More from The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes

View All
View All