Pair of Antique French Floral Bronze Torcheres

Pair antique iron torchères with bronze elephants at base, Circa 1920's.

A charming pair of cupid candlesticks.

Nicely rendered and typical of the style.

Pair antique French crystal & bronze girondolles.

Pair of Antique French Bronze Figural Sticks circa 1890.

A charming pair of candlesticks whose cherubs are sporting musical instruments.

This pair of fine candelabra torcheres take form on a monumental scale, each of them standing almost two and a half metres tall. The casting is superior in its quality and could be attributed to one of the 19th century masters, such as Deniere or Barbedienne. Each torchere is formed of a fluted veined marble column set...

Tall Bronze Torchères. Arts and Crafts era with Art Deco feel. The bronze has aged with a beautiful patina. Square plates sit upon bronze balls. Beautiful shape and sculptural art. I...

Maker: Mathurin Moreau (1822-1914) Origin: French Date: Circa 1900 Dimension: 69 x 15 1/2 inches

With candleholder and wide bobeche. Brass and iron with shaped iron tripartite base. Very heavy and well made.

A fine pair of patinated bronze figural torchères. French, circa 1890. Each torchere is finely modelled and cast in the form of an expre...

A fine and rare pair of English Regency period torchères, or stands (or candle stands) in the manner of Thomas Hope. Circa 1810. Both are raised on tapering simulated-bronze column supports with circular tops and fluted gilt collars, on concave-sided triform bases with winged-panther mask monopodia. The column bases issue from spreading, gilded, carved lotuses. These antique torcheres might also be referred to as columns, ornamental stands, candle sticks, or candelabra. In superb condition throughout. Literature: ‘Thomas Hope – Regency Designer’ ed. David Watkin & Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (2008). The Aurora Room, Duchess Street, photo from V & A Museum, fig. 68-1, p. 378. The Royal Collection, HM Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 588- 1-2, 45- 1-2, figs. 78-2, 78-3, p. 396. The Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire, illustr. 88, p. 414. The pair of stands we are offering here correspond closely to the pair in the Faringdon Collection (see above). Watkin and Hewat-Jaboor state; ‘’A ‘Roman’ stand of this precise design, perhaps an imaginative variation on one published by Visconti*, is illustrated in ‘Household Furniture’, plate L, number 2… Hope also owned several classical Roman candelabra...