A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE TWO-BRANCH CANDELABRA

With their distinctive masks at the joint of the stem and the branches, these candelabra relate to the vases made by the celebrated St. Petersburg bronzier Friedrich Bergenfeldt (1768-1822), whose stamped pieces have enabled further firm attributions. The latter include a pair of vases supplied by him for the Hermitage in 1802, which are illustrated in I. Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moscow, 2003, p. 96.