A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

ATTRIBUTED TO DENIÈRE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
ATTRIBUTED TO DENIÈRE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Modelled with a standing male and female Nubian figure supporting a candelabrum, on spreading square base with pierced sides paneled with Saint-Berthevin marble, variously stamped ‘D’ and ‘Z’
43 in. (109 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A pair of nearly identical candelabra were shown by the bronzier Denière at the London International Exhibition of 1862 and are illustrated in J. B. Waring, Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture 1862, plate 257. With their finely cast figures, bases and candlearms, they perfectly encapsulate the 'Orientalist’ influences so prevalent among bronziers in the French capital during the Second Empire.

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