Lot 476
PAIR OF FRENCH PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA, AFTER EMILE-JOSEPH-NESTOR CARLIER
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries: 16 November 2023 From 10:00
£2,268
Description
the twin arms with urn-shaped sconces and centred with a naked female gymnast, signed 'E. Carlier', the base in the form of an oil lamp embellished with theatrical masks and stamped 'MARNYHAC, 1 RUE DE LA PAIX', the foot with anthemion motifs and pine cones heightened with gilt
Dimensions
24cm wide, 25cm high, 9.5cm deep
Footnote
Note: Marnyhac et Cie was the commercial name for the Société des Marbres et Bronzes Artistiques de Paris which was established in Paris in the mid 19th century. A competitor of the Barbedienne Foundry, the company specialized in luxury pieces and casts from models made by the best sculptors of the period.