Pair Of Bronze Candlesticks With Caryatids

Pair of chased and gilded bronze FLAMBEAUX. The shaft features three sheathed caryatids supporting the socket in the form of a gadrooned vase decorated with laurel garlands. Circular base with three projections decorated with a frieze of interlacing fleurons. Probably after a model by François Rémond (1745 or 1747-1812).
Napoleon III period.
The library of the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris holds a drawing by the ornamentalist Jean-Démosthène Dugourc (1749-1825) showing a comparable pair of torches (Cf Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe, Picard, Paris, 1987, p. 294). François Rémond, who was awarded the title of master gilder-chaser in 1774, was probably inspired by it. This is evidenced by two pairs of candlesticks preserved in the Wallace Collection and a pair from the Lagerfled collection that are attributed to him. Let us also mention Pitoin who, on the occasion of the birth of the Dauphin in 1781, delivered to Marie-Antoinette for her small apartments at Versailles a pair of candlesticks with three feminine terms. They are now in the Wallace collection. A re-welded socket