A Pair of Louis XVI Style Patinated and Gilt-Bronze Two Light Candelabra French, late 19th century

modelled as a male and female satyr seated on a foliate stump, on shaped square malachite bases.

Overall good condition, with some minor wear to the patinated bronze with the usual minor scratches, the plinths beneath the bronze figures overpainted to simulate patinated bronze and with minor chips and losses to paint revealing gilt-bronze, some minor chips and wear to the malachite.
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