A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLODION, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each vase of tapering form with two grotesque masks hung with laurel garlands above a frieze cast in relief with Greek goddesses, supporting a candelabra, the socle signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE', on a square spreading rouge griotte marble base
34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high
A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLODION, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each vase of tapering form with two grotesque masks hung with laurel garlands above a frieze cast in relief with Greek goddesses, supporting a candelabra, the socle signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE', on a square spreading rouge griotte marble base
34 ½ in. (87.5 cm.) high