Paris, Consulat, Empire Period - Pair Of Bronze Candlesticks Or Torches - Imperial Model

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Pair of candlesticks or torches
Varnished bronze (8 elements)
Dimensions : H. 27 (cm.)
Paris, circa 1810

A pair of candlesticks on a two-tiered base finely chased with guilloches and friezes. The shaft is cylindrical and the rim flared. Very fine chasing and high quality of the 8 elements for this sober model. 

A prestigious model 
These candlesticks may have been made by Thomire. The model is indeed listed in various flats of the Palais de Fontainebleau and reproduced under numbers 165 and 166 in "Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement rentrés sous le premier empire à Fontainebleau".

Thomire-Duterme & Cie:
They formed a partnership in 1804, taking over the business of Daguerre et Lignereux. Under the name Thomire, Duterme et Cie, they became the largest suppliers of gilded bronze, employing up to seven hundred workers. Thomire experienced significant growth. He was the first bronzemaker to take part in the 1806 Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie, where he was awarded a gold medal.

Condition report: wear and minor knocks.