Offered by Isabelle Chalvignac
Pair of candlesticks in pure white marble with chased and gilded bronzes.
On a round marble base surrounded by a pearl, above a bronze pedestal decorated with a pearl and a frieze of water leaves, rises a baluster marble shaft surrounded by three kinds of handles with heads of sphinxes surrounding a vase with twisted scrolls and chains whose top corolla supports the leafy tap; three small ormolu pedestal feet.
Louis XVI period.
H 11,1/2 inches Diameter base 4 inches