A pair of French gilt-bronze-mounted blue porcelain candelabra in Louis XVI style, late 19th century

Some very minor surface dirt in crevices which are hardly noticeable and some very minor rubbing. There is a very minor firing flaw on the rear handle of one. An attractive model in overall good condition.
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The original model for these vases supporting candlebranches in the form of lilies dates from the latter years of the 1770's and was very popular and exists in several versions. The celebrated Parisian marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre in 1787, supplied six pairs of the original model  to the Duke of York, brother to the future George IV.
A vase of this model, with branches forming candelabra, is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London( the Jones collection, 982, 982A, 1882), illustrated by Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. 1, p. 259. Another similar variation of this model is now in Munich in the Residenz. While the London version of the 18th century vase is of Sèvres porcelain, the model in Munich is of white marble.
A set of four 18th century vases of this model are in the collection at the Buckingham Palace in London. (J.Harris, G. de Bellaigue et D.Millar, Buckingham Palace, London, 1968, p. 65).