Pair Of Empire Period Gilt Bronze Candlesticks By Claude Galle

A pair of mercury-gilt bronze candlesticks, matte and burnished with agate, by the bronze worker Claude Galle.

The flat, circular base is bordered by a gadrooned frieze and a central gadrooned rosette.

The baluster-shaped stem is decorated with palmettes. The candle holder is vase-shaped, and both the holders and the drip pans are decorated with gadroons.

An elegant and understated model.

Weight: 1750 grams.
Height: 27 cm.
Base diameter: 13 cm.
Period: Early Empire period ,circa 1806/1807.

Condition report: Candlesticks in excellent condition, with thick, original mercury gilding. Minor wear in places on the base of one of the candlesticks. Claude Galle supplied 17 pairs of this model to the Château de Fontainebleau in 1806 and 1807.

Reference: Model reproduced in "L'Heure, le Feu, la Lumière" (The Hour, the Fire, the Light). "The Bronzes of the National Furniture Collection" by MF Dupuy-Baylet, page 63.

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