A pair of Empire ormolu and patinated bronze four-light candelabra circa 1810

Bronze with rubbing. Gilding with wear and light scratches. One mount to base detached but present.
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Two pairs of candelabra of the same model but executed in ormolu were sold The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hilbert, Sotheby's New York, May 24, 2007, lots 21-22. All four bore the inventory marks of the Garde-Meuble of the King Louis-Philippe and of the Château de Neuilly and were almost certainly part of a set of six acquired by Louis-Philippe in 1818 when he was the duc d'Orléans. A basically identical pair are also illustrated Giacomo and Rozenn Wannenes, Les Bronzes Ornementaux et Les Objects Montes, Milan, 2004, pg. 382.