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Pair of Louis XV * candlesticks in finely chiseled silvered bronze, decorated with stylized acanthus leaves, from the 18th century.

Note a candle holder has been drilled to be electrified, and a small hole on the top, visible in the photos.

 

* The candlestick or torch becomes in the 17th century synonymous with candlestick , then more precisely of table candlestick or fireplace with a single light. Usually arranged in pairs, the candlesticks are made up of three parts made of silver, bronze or silver metal and which are screwed into one another: the foot, the shaft and the binet. In the 17th century , the torches had a fluted barrel , fairly short and square in section, resting on a large square base or with cut sides. Their silhouette is not very elegant but they are stable.
At the start of the 18th century , the candlestick adopted the slender shape that has become familiar to us: a cantilevered baluster shaft , slightly pyramidal octagonal base, surmounted by an inverted tulip bulge. The classic cut-off torch was made until the turn of the century. A society in love with refinement, however, prefers a more sophisticated ornamentation: twisted ribs on the base, friezes of ovals, gadroons, cartouches, staples and rockery sown on the shaft and the binet, garlands of flowers; other candlesticks are decorated with Cupids, extraordinary rockeries, caryatids .
Under the Empire, the truncated conical shaft on a circular base and the flared tulip binet abruptly replaced the baluster silhouette, the whole being enhanced with a slight frieze in palm leaves. After the Restoration , the silver or bronze torch returned to its previous forms. But it loses its utilitarian role and becomes a simple extra, on either side of the fireplace.

Remarkable pieces have also been made in several European countries by the greatest silversmiths and appear as masterpieces (for example, France: Meissonnier, Ballin, Gouel, Besnier, Roettiers, de Lamerie, Lenhendrick, / Holland: Wolff, Van der Torn, Mouritz, / England: Smythier, Denny, Margas, Willaume, Lowes, Liger, Nelme, Crespin, Heming, Gould, Pantin, Sprimont, Wickes, / Germany: Feindt, Pepfenhauser, Speltz ).

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  • Diamètre 13.5 cm
  • Height 24 cm