Walnut Candlestick from 1860s France

Late 19th-century English steel and brass candlesticks in the Arts & Crafts style. Delicate yet dramatic, these candlesticks add height and a pleasing linearity to any space. Priced ...

Circular two-tiered table from mid 19th-century France with a dark blue leather top. The top is handsomely finished with a tooled gilt border in a floriated motif. The carved baluste...

Late 19th-century English-imported tea box from China. Decorated with beautiful red and black hand-painted flora and fauna, and equipped with rectangular iron handles, the box is mou...

1860s English collector's drawer cabinet chest. Comprised of rustic cream painted wood, this Victorian collector's chest features two columns of seven drawers for a total of fourteen...

Large camphorwood silver chest from late 19th-century England. Stained to a deep, rich, mahogany shade, and featuring leather handles and studded iron siding, the chest has a sturdy,...

1860s French Bouillotte lamp featuring three candlesticks with brackets and a golden taupe tole shade accented by a decorative teal floral border. Bouillotte is a gambling card game ...

Pair of very elegant classicist candlesticks in fine patinated bronze, signed BARBEDIENNE. The execution of the casting is extremely finely worked with delicate leaves on the outer wall of the candlestick, with a head of antiquity on the upper part of the stem which flows into the lower part with fluting and side volutes. The 3 curved legs stand on raised feet with delicate strappy sandals. Measures: The diameter at the top is 3.5cm and at the bottom 13.5cm Ferdinand Barbedienne (* August 6, 1810 in Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay, Calvados department, France; † March 21, 1892 in Paris) was a French sculptor, bronze ware manufacturer, and gallery owner. One of the most important and popular Éditeurs d'art, or publishers of art articles, he had most of the French sculptors of his time under contract. Life and work Ferdinand Barbedienne was the son of a farmer. At the age of 13, he learned the Craft of saddlery. In 1822 he moved to Paris, where he first worked as a clerk in a wallpaper shop. He received start-up capital from his employer to open his own store, which he set up on Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in 1834. He pursued the idea of exhibiting bronze statues in addition to his core business and mass producing them in small format. In 1838, he joined forces with the mechanic Achille Collas, who had developed the machine á reduction (réducteur for short); a device based on the principles of the pantograph that could reproduce three-dimensional objects in any size - reduced or enlarged. On November 29, 1838, both signed the founding contract for the company Société Ferdinand Barbedienne et Achille Collas, which aimed to commercially exploit the mechanized production of sculptural works for an initial 20 years. Barbedienne took care of the commercial management of the company, while Collas contributed the patent on his invention and seven existing machines, and with his profound knowledge of machinery was responsible for the production processes. Together they decided on the subject matter of the objects, the selling prices, and all other financial matters. In 1841, they produced casts of the Apollo of Belvedere, the Spinario, and 21 pieces with the motif of a bas-relief of the Parthenon. These were followed by versions of the Laocoon group, the Venus of Arles, and the Borghese Fencer, among others. Special interest was initially shown in works from antiquity, for which casts from the Atelier de Moulage in the Louvre served as models. The company continued to produce works by representatives of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giovanni Bologna or by French sculptors such as Jean Goujon, Jean-François Flamand, Pierre Puget, François Girardon, Antoine Coysevox...

Set of 3 large black ebonized French Napoleon III candlesticks. The turned candlesticks have an elegant siluette the slightly higher base of 15cm diameter and 7cm height on 3 small round baroque feet forms the base. The conical, slender central base is inlaid at the bottom with a triple turned baluster stem and at the top with a turned plate as a subdivision and on a small baluster above it the slender and elongated candlestick stem. The set of 3 candlesticks...

A pair of tall French Napoléon III period candlesticks from the mid-19th century, with fluted accents and carved gilt motifs. Created in France during the reign of Emperor Napoléon III, this pair of candlesticks attracts our attention with its great proportions and complimenting colors. Each features a fluted body highlighted with gilt accents and rests on a circular base adorned with flaming torches and laurel...

Napoleon III candlestick angel white marble 19155, candlestick from France, circa 1860, an angel carries the candleholder and stands between a disca...

Very decorative large candlesticks, rich patina. Measurement below is for the larger candlestick. The smaller one measures 29.5 high and 7.25 in diameter.

A fine large and bold pair of brass candlesticks, c. 1860, English. Classic inverted brass beehive form. Both with push rod mechanisms in-tact. One base slightly wobbly. Measures: 12...