1810s Candelabras

A very fine single French Empire style gilt bronze four-light candelabra featuring the allegorical "à la Victoire". The winged figure holds aloft in her out stretched arms two intric...

A very fine pair of antique French Restoration Period seven branch black marble & gilded bronze candelarbra, attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire, (1753-1843), circa 1815. Each cand...

A very fine single French Empire style gilt bronze three-light candelabra featuring the allegorical "à la Victoire". The winged figure holds aloft in her out stretched arms two intricately designed candle-wells in the form of baskets, with an additional basket overhead. She stands balanced on an embossed cylinder over a double plinth with a squared base. This piece is for the serious collector passionate about finely handcrafted decorative arts with superior craftsmanship. It is flawlessly cast and highly detailed, take notice of the folds of her dress that seem to fly in the wind. Done in the distinct manner of Pierre Philippe Thomire (French, 1751-1843) after the original design by Charles Percier...

Pair of four-branched candelabra. Each candlestick features a winged Victory resting her foot on a half sphere while holding two pairs of cornucopias ending in four candle-holding co...

Pair of Empire Girandoles made of partly fire-gilded bronze with winged Nikes standing on spheres. The goddesses of victory are of opposite designs. They gracefully hold in their rai...

Pair of Empire Girandoles made of partly fire-gilded bronze with winged Nikes standing on spheres. The goddesses of victory are of opposite designs. They gracefully hold in their rai...

Large Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Ormolu Winged Female Victory Candelabras after a design by Charles Percier (1764-1838) attr. to Pierre Phili...

Impressive pair of gilt and sculpted bronze candelabras with three branches. The stem of each candelabrum is a patinated bronze form of the winged goddess, Victory, who holds a gilt bronze torch in each of her hands. Her head is topped with a gilt bronze vase that transforms into the candelabra branches, which is embellished with griffins and rosettes. At the top of each candelabrum is a peacock standing on a globe, symbolizing the sun and immortality. Victory is standing on a cruciform-shaped base, which has a winged cupid on two sides and a caduceus on the other two sides. The intertwined snakes of the caduceus are a symbol of the Greek god Hermes (or the Roman god Mercury) and is a symbol of peace, eloquence and negotiation. Empire period. Perfect condition. Our model is inspired by the projects of Charles Percier and Franc¸ois-Leonard Fontaine, famous architects of the Emperor. Their most important work, entitled Recueil de decorations inte´rieurs (Collection of interior decorations), was published in France at the, end of the 19th century. The winged Victories, caduceus and griffins are some of the motifs present in this piece that demonstrate the adoption of Percier and Fontaine’s decorative...

A very fine pair of French Empire style gilt bronze three-light candelabra featuring the allegorical "à la Victoire". The winged figure holds aloft in her out stretched arms two intricately designed candle-wells in the form of baskets, with an additional basket overhead. She stands balanced on an embossed cylinder over a double plinth with a squared base. This pair is for the serious collector passionate about finely handcrafted decorative arts with superior craftsmanship. They are flawlessly cast and highly detailed, done in the distinct manner of Pierre Philippe Thomire...

Pair of large five-armed Empire candelabras. The fire gilt arms show voluted vines and are held by winged Nikes. These balance on gilt balls which ar...

A magnificent pair of French Empire period doré bronze figural candelabra. Each of these beautiful five armed candelabras are meticulously cast and hand-chased with the finest detail...

The diamond and step cut oval bases surmounted with ormolu twin branches these finely cast with winged cherubs. These supporting multi spike drip pans hung with round icicles and dou...