A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and rouge griotte marble eight-light candelabra french, circa 1880, after a model attributed to Francois Rémond

the spiral-fluted stem terminating in a berried urn nozzle, flanked by seven scrolled and foliate branches supported by scrolling eagles above a rouge griotte marble shaped urn decorated with female fauns and satyrs holding a floral garland, with a collar frieze of playful putti.

The design of this beautiful and elegant pair of vase candelabra is based on the model attributed to Francois Rémond (reçu maître en 1774). Two eighteenth century models of vase candelabra with female fauns figures are recorded. The first, without a frieze of playful putti, is in the Huntington Gallery, California, and in the Frick Collection, New York. The second, from which our present lot is clearly based, is further recorded in the Wallace Collection, London, and in the Mobiler National, Paris.

An identical pair of candelabra sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 15, 2005, lot 216.