Lot 530

PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED CANDELABRA
LATE 19TH CENTURY

Auction: Day Two: 18 May 2023 | From 11:00
£1,071
Description
alternately with an infant satyr and Bacchanalian female infant, after Clodion, issuing floral branches, on circular bases mounted with Sèvres style bleu celeste and gilt floral panels, on a quadripartite base
Dimensions
36cm wide, 68cm high
Footnote
Note: The infant satyr was designed by Clodion in 1773, while the infant Bacchic female figure was created later by Louis-Felix de Lame to replace Clodion's original infant satyress. These subjects were very popular and widely copied in the 18th and 19th centuries.
