A pair of Italian gilt-bronze candlesticks, Roman signed Rimi Naldus and dated 1766

each with a dished top on a baluster stem cast with scrolls and a stylised scallopshell and the triform base with the Papal coat-of arms enclosing a roundel inscribed Ioannes Maria and the other side signed Rimi Naldus and dated 1766

These are in very good original condition. The gilt-bronze is more golden less greenish and much more attractive than in the catalogue photograph. Beautiful detail to casting and chasing.
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Comparative Lietrature:
Alvar González-Palacios, Il Gusto dei Principi, Vol II, Milan, 1993, fig. 318, p.184, for a related candelabrum by Leandro Galiardi, circa 1766 (The Art Institute, Chicago).
For related pairs of candelsticks, see  Sotheby's Rome, Da Una Dimora di Piazza Farnese, Vol. II, May 18^th 2004, lots 483, 484 and 498.
This pair of candlesticks for their quality and decoration is close to the celebrated altar set which was a gift from Pope Clemente XVIII (Rezzonico, 1758-1769) to the Beato Gregorio Barbarigo Chapel, in St. Marks, Rome. That set was made by the renowned goldsmith Carlo Guarneri (Tesori d'Arte Sacra, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1975, cat. 349). A smaller pair (26cm) of this set, was sold by Il Ponte, lot 387, 18th  March 2008.