Z Sierra Art & Decoration Candle Holders

Votive lamp. Silver in its color. Spanish School, 18th century. With contrast marks. Silver-plated ceiling lamp composed of two pieces joined by openwork rhomboid link chains alte...

Pair of candlesticks. Bronze (blued and gilt). France, circa 1800. A pair of six-light bronze candelabras, a type often called "tripod" due to their shape. A base with three projections, placed on inverted truncated pyramidal architectural elements and with reliefs and medallions on the exterior faces, serves as the base for three seated sphinxes made of burnished bronze with gilded tails. From their backs, three upward-facing rods emerge, each ending in children's heads with butterfly wings. These sphinxes are decorated with raised candelabras secured by an openwork band (note the spiraling bouquet inside). From the heads, a circular shape with projections emerges, on which the actual shaft of the candelabra rests, topped with a pomegranate on a floral arrangement. The arms of the candelabras, ending in lighters, feature delicate scrolls and rooster heads. Note the varying textures of the material and the great amount of detail present in the architectural, vegetal, and figurative elements. The design of these vase shaped candlesticks was enormously successful, and numerous variants with slight modifications were subsequently created, including sphinxes and goat heads. On April 16, 1787, François Rémond (c. 1747–1812) supplied Daguerre with eight “girandoles en trepied” (as they were often known in literature), identified by some experts as the eight candlesticks of this model purchased from Daguerre by George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV, for Carlton House. The largest, ten-light model with a vase and rooster heads, was created around 1786. A pair of this model is recorded in the 1836 Inventory of the Legendre de Lucay collection, and another pair is known to have been commissioned for Marie Antoinette's Salon des Nobles at Versailles. Compare this example with the griffin chandelier...

Pair of candlesticks. Metal, enamel. Limoges, France, 19th century. They present faults. Pair of metal candlesticks decorated with polychrome enamel on the outside, each with an oc...

Pair of candelabras. Rouge Griotte marble, gilt bronze. France, possibly Napoleon III, 19th century. Pair of candelabras with seven lights each made of marble and mercury-gilded bro...

Candle holder, Zebras. Glass. Nachtmann, Germany, 20th century. Semi-circular candle holder with space for three points of light, made of glass and decorated with marching zebras. I...

Candlestick with triangular base. Bronze. Spain, 18th century. Bronze candlestick with a triangular base raised on three legs and enhanced with moldi...

Pair of candlesticks. Bronze, 18th century. Pair of bronze candlesticks, which still maintain a strong influence of Spanish Baroque models, especially in the turned axis, with promin...

Two bronze candlesticks. Twentieth century. Two practically equal bronze candlesticks with a triangular base on legs (these with vegetal elements finished in claws holding balls) ...

Bronze candlestick. Century XVI. Polished bronze candlestick with a wide circular base from which arises a truncated cone axis opening into a smooth plat...

Silver candlestich or candle holder with tongs or tweezers. Silver. F. Roca, Barcelona, towards the first half of the 19th century. With contrast and derisive marks. Silver candles...

Candlestick with chain. Silver. Francesc P. Arquer, Barcelona, Spain, circa 1825. With contrast, derisive and proprietary (AS) marks. Silver candlestick in its color with an openwo...

Pair of candlestick in patinated bronze. The circular base rises to meet the base of the shaft and has been decorated with flowers, which are repeated throughout the rest of the can...

Pair of candlestick in patinated bronze. The square-shaped base or washer provides stability to the barrel, which has been shaped into a column with a smooth shaft with a notable wi...

Pair of candlestick in patinated bronze. It has a square base with flattened corners and decorated with moldings that create a staggering until almost reaching the barrel, worked as...

Pair of candlestick in patinated bronze. The base washer shows a decoration based on moldings, while the barrel rises from a pedestal topped by a large pearl and is shaped like a va...

Pair of candlestick in patinated bronze. The circular base shows a decoration based onmoldings and grooves, the latter element that is repeated by the barrel, which has been shaped into a circular stipe, and the vase that serves as the base for the candles. The brown patina of the bronze is reminiscent of stone, and the decorative elements of the candlesticks (pearl strings...