Lot Essay
The entwined snake-handles and foliate decorations on the base are closely related to those on a pair of vases which were sold at Ader, Picard Tajan, Paris, 17 April 1991, lot 64.
The unusual sunflowers can also be found on a lyre clock by Manière which is at Versailles, (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, München, 1986, vol. I, p. 252, ill. 4.6.25)
These candelabra are recorded in the inventory taken after the death of the duc de Gramont, drawn on the 15 March 1855. In the petit salon of his hôtel in 30 rue de la Ville l'Evèque, they were listed as follows:
"Deux candelabres en bronze forme vase avec bouquets de lys, bronze et porcelaine de saxe"
The unusual sunflowers can also be found on a lyre clock by Manière which is at Versailles, (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, München, 1986, vol. I, p. 252, ill. 4.6.25)
These candelabra are recorded in the inventory taken after the death of the duc de Gramont, drawn on the 15 March 1855. In the petit salon of his hôtel in 30 rue de la Ville l'Evèque, they were listed as follows:
"Deux candelabres en bronze forme vase avec bouquets de lys, bronze et porcelaine de saxe"