Oliver Cornish
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries
Lot 54
A pair of 19th century French gilt bronze candlesticks In the Louis XVI style and after the 18th century models by Étienne Martincourt
3 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,200 - £1,800
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Helena Gumley
Head of Sale Carpets and Tapestries
A pair of 19th century French gilt bronze candlesticks
In the Louis XVI style and after the 18th century models by Étienne Martincourt
The binet simulating a vase on a square section shaft with four rudented fluted protrusions of asparagus stems resting on a pedestal with motifs of laurel wreath and acanthus leaves,
28cm high, 15cm wide overall (2)
The binet simulating a vase on a square section shaft with four rudented fluted protrusions of asparagus stems resting on a pedestal with motifs of laurel wreath and acanthus leaves,
28cm high, 15cm wide overall (2)
Footnotes
For a similar pairs of candlesticks, see Christies Paris, 500 Years: European Decorative Arts, 17 April, 2012.
Étienne Martincourt (French, 1735- after 1791) was a Parisian bronzier who worked on the Right Bank of the city, north of the Louvre, in an area long associated with metalworkers and bronze casting. He was admitted as a master in 1762 and subsequently joined the Académie de Saint-Luc, the guild for decorative painters and sculptors, a membership that allowed him to both design and produce gilt-bronze objects—an important privilege at a time when guild regulations strictly controlled such activities. Although little is known of his personal life, Martincourt's career reflects the practices and professional structures of eighteenth-century Parisian bronze work.