A pair of gilt-bronze and blue turquin candelabra, Paris circa 1880

after a model by Pierre Gouthière, each with nine scrolled branches and a central branch

In excellent restored condition, the bronzes regilt and with some minor wear in places.
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Comparative Literature:
H.Ottomeyer/ P.Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 261, fig.4.8.4.
P.Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIème siecle, Paris, 1987, p. 99, fig.111.
A virtually identical model upon which this pair is based is now in the Petit Trianon, Versailles (T 495), illustrated by Verlet, op. cit., p. 99, fig. 111, where they are stated to correspond to a description by Biver concerning le Grand Salon du Jeu of Mesdames at Bellvue`un grand candélabra à dix branches, à draperie, feuillage de fruits, ....'.