Richard Redding Antiques
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artworks
  • Exhibitions
  • Publications
  • About & More
  • Contact
  • Artists
Menu

Artworks

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Unknown, A set of six Empire candlesticks, Paris, date circa 1810
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Unknown, A set of six Empire candlesticks, Paris, date circa 1810
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Unknown, A set of six Empire candlesticks, Paris, date circa 1810

Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen", 1986, p. 326, pls. 5.1.6 and 5.1.7, respectively illustrating a similar candlestick with three female herms circa 1810 and a design for a similar candlestick with fluted stem but less ornamentation and a ball-shaped socket, from a sheet in a trade catalogue, now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

Unknown

A set of six Empire candlesticks, Paris, date circa 1810
Gilt bronze
Height 27 cm each.
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EUnknown%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EA%20set%20of%20six%20Empire%20candlesticks%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3EParis%2C%20date%20circa%201810%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EGilt%20bronze%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3EHeight%2027%20cm%20each.%3C/div%3E

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Thumbnail of additional image
Read more

Literature

Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen", 1986, p. 326, pls. 5.1.6 and 5.1.7, respectively illustrating a similar candlestick with three female herms circa 1810 and a design for a similar candlestick with fluted stem but less ornamentation and a ball-shaped socket, from a sheet in a trade catalogue, now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

A superb set of six Empire gilt bronze figural candlesticks, each of herm form, with a vase-shaped socket supported on three classical female heads, each wearing a veil and floral headdress and beads around their necks above a tapering stem headed by a foliate band supported on three pairs of feet upon a spreading circular foot cast with an anthemion band

 

Paris, date circa 1810

Height 27 cm. each.

 

Candlesticks of this style were very fashionable among Parisian society, circa 1810. Varients of this form featured classical Grecian and Roman female heads as well as those reflecting the vogue for ancient Egypt. Popularity for this design was enhanced by puplications for similar designs appearing in catalogues of the period which were used by the Parisian bronziers.

Previous
|
Next
123 
of  851
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Richard Redding Antiques
Site by Artlogic
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Send an email

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences