A pair of Louis XVI ormolu three-branch candelabra circa 1775

Branches and some elemtns now loose, recommend securing. Minor loss with some soldering to applied frieze to base of one candelabrum. Same candelabrum with one ormolu leaf reattached with new screw at bottom of branches. Both possibly lacking ormolu element at bottom of branches. Both with surface dirt, some rubbing and oxidation; should enhance with cleaning.
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The figures of this candelabra are basically identical to those shown in a sketch appearing in a 1761 livret of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. The drawing depicts plaster models for candelabra by Falconet, exhibited at the Salon in 1761, see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 254, fig. 4.7.1. These bozetti were intended to be cast in silver by the the famed silversmith Germain. The model was also executed by bronziers such as Boudet. Ormolu candelabra of this model were sold Christie's New York, November 2, 2000, lot 160; Christie's New York, October 18, lot 650; and a pair formerly in the collection of Sara Jane Pansa, sold Sotheby's New York, November 8, 1985, lot 9. A pair of candelabra of this model is at Versailles (Vmb 1005), while another with Nymphs identical to those in this lot but with simpler candle branches is in the Residenz, Munich, see ibid., fig. 4.7.3,