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Lot 195

A pair of French 19th century gilt-bronze candlesticks
in the manner of Claude Galle

9 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

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A pair of French 19th century gilt-bronze candlesticks

in the manner of Claude Galle
each with removable drip-pan above a vase-shaped nozzle supported by three Classical female caryatid heads, above a tapering circular stem supported on three pairs of human feet, above a spreading circular base cast with a stiff leaf border, 13.5cm in diameter, 27.5cm high (5in in diameter, 10 1/2in high). (2)

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These wonderful candlesticks with Classical female herms are of a type often associated with the work of the leading bronzier Claude Galle (1759-1815), who supplied variants of this model to Château de Fontainebleau in 1804 (illustrated in Jean-Pierre Samoyault, "Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire; Catalogue des Collections de Mobilier, Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau", 1989, p. 175, no. 155). It is also probable that they were made after a design by the leading Empire designer Charles Percier (1764-1838) since a comparison can be drawn with another pair with Egyptian female caryatids and fluted stems designed by Percier for Château de la Malmaison, illustrated in "Château de la Malmaison Texte Historique et Descriptif Dessinés Spécialement pour le Famille Impériale par Percier et Fontaine".

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