OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

These foliate candelabra are modelled after several 18th century originals. For an example of a pair with Sèvres 'bleu nouveau' porcelain, see P. Kjellberg, Objets Montés, Paris, 2000, p. 168. A similar porcelain example, without the fruiting garland, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Jones Collection 982A-1882 (see H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 259, fig. 4.7.12). A further example, with a white marble body, is at the Munchner Residenz. Clearly a popular design, the snake-handled vase was copied throughout the 19th century.