A pair of gilt bronze candelabra with children as an allegory of winter - image-1

Lot 564 Dα

A pair of gilt bronze candelabra with children as an allegory of winter

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €

A pair of gilt bronze candelabra with children as an allegory of winter

Three-flame candelabra cast in several parts and screw-mounted. Decorated with a pair of children warming themselves by a fire. Regilt, the drip pan replaced. H ca. 36 cm.
France, mid- to 3rd quarter 18th C., the figures after Etienne-Maurice Falconet.

Literature

A similar pair in transition style cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronze, Bd. I, München 1986, No. 3.2.1.