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Set of 4, Henri Vian Silver Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Candlesticks Circa 1880
By Henri Vian
Located in Atlanta, GA
Henri Vian, (French, active second half 19th century), circa 1880. He was a bronze-caster active in the second half of the 19th Century, made a lot of interior decorations with chim...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$7,080 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair of Antique Candlestick Golden Candle Holder Brass Light for Home Decor
Located in Wembley, GB
So light up your home and the festival with this beauty!
Candlestick The pair of candlesticks Keijser & Co, Westerås. Height 15 cm.
Category
1910s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Sheet Metal
$316 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of bronze candlesticks signed Barbedienne (1838-)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite pair of 19th-century bronze candlesticks is made by the renowned French foundry F. Barbedienne et Cie, known for its superior craftsmanship and attention to detail. Ea...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Full Body Greek Revival Caryatid Candlestick, Pair
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Bronze Full Body Greek Revival Caryatid Candlestick pair. These candlesticks exude timeless elegance, inspired by the Greek Revival period. Meticulously crafted from hig...
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19th Century French Greek Revival Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Set Of Four Empire Candlesticks By Claude Galle
By Claude Galle
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The set of four ormolu and bronze candlesticks each with an urn-shaped nozzle, cast with stiff leaf motifs above an acanthus leaf drip pan. This supported on three classical female c...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and patinated Bronze early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly standard proportions, now converted to a Stunn...
Category
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
LATE 18th CENTURY PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL CANDLESTICKS
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant pair of single-light candlesticks, crafted from statuary marble and gilded mercury bronze. The candlesticks feature a tall pedestal base and a marble amphora-shaped body, enr...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Asian Siamese Style Bronze Cobra Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Siamese-style (19/20th Century) bronze cobra candlesticks (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
19th Century Unknown Other Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, 1820s
A refined pair of Empire candlesticks in gilt bronze, crafted in France around the 1820s. The design features the elegant, flu...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vintage Bronze Fluted Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
These tall vintage candlesticks feature fluted column-style stems and scalloped bases that echo classical architectural forms. Each piece is accented with decorative iron rings at tw...
Category
Late 20th Century American Industrial Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Marie Suri Anemone Candleholder
By Marie Suri
Located in New York, NY
Made expressly for Liz O'Brien by Marie Suri, these anemone candleholders are handcrafted in steel with bronze decoration and a copper interior.
Festive for holiday tables and parti...
Category
2010s American Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Steel
Pair of Empire Style Bronze and Iridescent Glazed Cassolettes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
The tops turn over to be candlesticks.
Category
1870s French Empire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Candelabras, 1st Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of green-patinated bronze candlesticks with five arms and a central urn with a flame motif. The twisted shaft leads into the trefoil base with rocaille and leaf motifs.
Category
Early 19th Century European Charles X Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Pair of Double Patina Bronze Candlesticks
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this rare pair of candlesticks in double patina from the 19th century period of the Bourbon Restoration in France. The brown-patinated stem with a three-sided cha...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Candlesticks or Candleholders, Patinated Bronze
Located in Madrid, ES
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...
Category
20th Century European Other Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Church Candlesticks Candleholders Lions
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Simply breathtaking! This amazing pair of large Gothic Revival church candlesticks in bronze 19th century.
At the base of each candlestick are ...
Category
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Pair of Silver Plated Bronze Candlesticks with Deеrs
Located in Sofia, BG
French pair of silver plated bronze candlesticks with brocade decoration on a mound, the branch supporting a cup and the candlestick surrounded by couple of deers.
France, circa 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Empire Candlesticks, early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A pair of elegant Empire candlesticks crafted from partially fire-gilded bronze, dating to the early 19th century. Each candlestick stands on a round base, featuring a tapered, flute...
Category
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$7,058 / set
Noble Neo Rococo candlestick, gilded bronze, around 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
Noble Neo Rococo candlestick, gilded bronze, around 1900
Candlestick, solid bronze, finely chased and gilded. Very high quality processed. Alabaster base standing on three rocaillie...
Category
1890s French Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
$436 Sale Price
51% Off
Antique Charles X Candlesticks in Golden Bronze
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Pair of elegant gilded bronze candlesticks, Charles X era: can be set anywhere (even with a flower instead of a candle). Essential for an elegant table and less bulky than large can...
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$1,316 / set
French Rococo Antique Gilded Bronze Pair of Candelabras
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exquisitely cast in the Rococo style, this pair of French gilded bronze candelabras features scrolling foliate arms, acanthus leaves, and asymmetrical flourishes, epitomizing 18th-ce...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Pair Of Ormolu And Bronze Regency Storm Lights
Located in Steyning, West sussex
The square ormolu base raised on mythological winged feet, decorated with floral rosettes and scrolling oak leaf socle, supporting bronzed tassels and sprays terminating in birds mofits hung with capped icicles in-beak, the central foliated mount with ball bead decoration issuing engraved storm shade...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Empire Candlesticks
Located in Ljungby, SE
A pair of French fire-gilded candleholders in the Empire style. They feature acanthus leaf decorations. The candle sleeves are removable.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$4,500 / set
Pair of 2 Victoria candlesticks after Pierre Philippe Thomire
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of 2 Victoria candlesticks after Pierre Philippe Thomire
Exceptionally finely engraved and sculpted bronze. Fully sculpted
figures (Victoria). Overhead and hand-held torch shaf...
Category
20th Century French Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$17,037 Sale Price
20% Off
Mathias For Fondica France Gilt Bronze Candlestick Candle Holder
Located in Toledo, OH
Brutalist style gilt bronze candlestick by Mathias for Fondica France. Very good condition. Dimensions: 7" diameter x 18" H.
Category
20th Century European Brutalist Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
pair of French mid 19th century Ormolu, Bronze and Carrara marble candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French mid 19th century Ormolu, Bronze and Carrara marble candlesticks. This stunning pair are each raised on circular white Carrara marble bas...
Category
19th Century French Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of Late 17th Century Italian Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant pair of bronze candle sticks from the end of the 17th century from Italy
Beautiful appearance and good quality with small traces of wear which make their charm
Very beautif...
Category
17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Tiffany Bronze & Green Favrile Glass Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Vintage Tiffany Bronze & Green Favrile Glass Candlesticks.
Category
Early 1900s American Other Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique Neoclassical Style Corinthian Column Gilt Bronze Candle Holders
Located in New York, NY
Pair Neoclassical style Corinthian column form gilt bronze candle holders
Late 19th- Early 20th Century
Attractive, well detailed Corinthian column capitals with reeded column bodies...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Pair of French Bronze Candlesticks Lamps Signed Clodion
Located in IT
Pair of important candlesticks in gilt and patinated bronze, lamp mounted.
Depicting Bacchanal of Satyrs and Signed Clodion.
France 19th Century
Measures h only candlesticks 65 x p 27 cm; h with lampshade 86 cm
This pair of important two lights candlesticks was made in the 19th century, in France, on the style of the great sculptor Clodion. Each candlestick consists of a body with a sculptural group in patinated bronze inspired by the famous bronzes of the master. The base is circular, in gilt bronze finely chiselled with geometric decoration and foliate motifs near the four feet, of feline shape. From the sculptural groups depart two graceful arms in gilded and chiselled bronze, composed of ramage and phytomorphic elements that culminate in the two candle holders.
In a candlestick the bacchanal consists of a female faun figure, that is half a woman and half a goat, playing with small fauns and putti, offering a bunch of grapes. In the other candlestick one observes the satyr Pan...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$21,775 Sale Price
30% Off
Set Of Three Tapio Wirkkala Bronze Candle Holders TW 486, Kultakeskus Oy 1970s
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful sculptural set of three bronze candle holders designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Kultakeskus Hämeenlinna in Finland. This set includes three different heights – 13cm, 18cm, a...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair French Ormolu Bronze Dore Victorian Candlesticks Candelabra 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair French Heavy Gauge Ormolu Bronze Dore Single Light Mantle or Table Candlesticks of chisel cast quality and of generous tall proportions.
Each having a Campana-form le...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Bronze Dore Candlesticks with Foliage Design, Early 19th Century France
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Bronze Dore Candlesticks with Foliage Design, Early 19th Century France
Category
19th Century French Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Regency Period Bronze and Ormolu Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu candlesticks having urn shaped sconces above boldly cast bulbous stems, raised on triple Lions paw feet ending on triform bases.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Gilt Bronze Griffin Storm Lights
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of gilt bronze storm lights with triangular bases on lion paw feet leading to hawk heads surmounted by crooks swagged with chains fitted with leaf decorated mount and fin...
Category
1810s Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$11,886 / set
17th Century French Bronze Candlestick
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Very sweet little French bronze candlestick dating from the 17th century.
Measures: 15.5 cm high 8 x 8 cm base. Free shipping.
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
1980s Spanish Pair of Bronze Candlesticks by the Artist David Marshall
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Spanish Pair of Bronze Candlesticks by the Artist David Marshall
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Rare Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Candlesticks in the Manner of Gouthière
Located in London, GB
An important pair of Louis XVI style ormolu candlesticks
In the manner of Pierre Gouthière
Of substantial size and expertly cast in matt and burnished gilt bronze, the circular p...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
Pair Gilt Bronze Stork Candlesticks by Christopher Fratin
Located in Staffordshire, GB
A superb pair of Gilt Bronze Candlesticks cast in the form of storks holding a single candle sconce in their beaks whilst balancing on turtles backs.
The bases are stamped by the mak...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze and Ormolu Triform Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze and ormolu candlesticks having urn-shaped sconces above triple above triple classical heads raised on leaf and berry tapering stems centred with r...
Category
19th Century English Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$3,415 / set
Pair of Empire Candlesticks with Patinated Figures, France, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Empire candlesticks with patinated figures, France 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Balcony candle lantern with glass vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Bronze Balcony candle lantern with glass vienna around 1960s
Bronze polished and stove enameled
Original glass
The candle stick is not for sale it is only for the photoshooting
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Candlestick with Removable Top, Small Size
Located in New York, NY
A tall bronze candlestick in forged bronze, black finish. Contemporary. The 9.5-inch diameter top plate is designed to hold large size candles,...
Category
2010s Indonesian Modern Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Sculptural Brutalist Bronze Candle Holder designed by Heinz Goll, Austria 1960s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an extremely rare and absolutely extraordinary sculptural Brutalist candle holder done in gilt bronze, shaped as a coral. It was designed by Austrian designer Heinz Goll...
Category
1960s Austrian Brutalist Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Ormolu & Bronze Mounted Green Storm Shades
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of ormolu and bronze bases mounted on semi ball feet with finely knurled bodies incasing flowering vine bands mounting peacock green storm ...
Category
19th Century Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$12,911 / set
Set of 12 Bronze Sculptural Contemporary Art Candleholders by Samuel Costantini
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 12 bronze candleholders by Samuel Costantini
One of a Kind
Dimensions: D 3.5 x H 5 cm (each).
Materials: Bronze with white patine.
Samuel Costantini
The ability to create obj...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilt Bronze Candleholders by Pierre Casenove for Fondica
Located in North Miami, FL
Extremely heavy gilt bronze, these French candlesticks are highly collectible. These are quite rare and signed.
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair 18th C. English Matthew Boulton Ormolu Mounted Carrara Marble Cassolettes
By Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent, Exceptionally Rare, Museum Quality Pair of 18th Century English Ormolu Mounted, Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Carrara Marble Cassolettes, By Matthew Boulton. These beautiful ormolu-mounted white marble cassolettes are by Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and John Fothergill (1730- circa 1782) published in their Pattern Book No. 1 (page 171, figure t) and reproduced in Sir Nicholas Goodison's Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton (New York, 1974, page 383, figure 161).
Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was a close friend of Boulton's and his patterns are thought to be the source for the medallions used on the plinths of these. Boulton's medallions of classical figures are almost identical to the cameos and intaglios made by Wedgwood and his partner James Tassie.
Molds for these examples can be found in the Wedgwood Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. All derive from the same classical source of Renaissance gems. Many gem collections in Europe were widely published at this time and Boulton's library contained A. F. Gori's Museum Florentinum (1731-1766), in which gems from the Medici collection were engraved.
The subjects of the medallions on this pair are: Pomona, a Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards, and depicted carrying a basket on her head overloaded with fruit, tumbling to the ground, shown once on each vase. Hygeia, once on each, with an olive branch in her right hand, as seen in Tassie's reproduction of Valerio Belli's gem, and holding a snake in her left hand over an altar. This was produced by Wedgwood both as an intaglio and as a cameo. Venus & Cupid, only on one vase, showing Venus leaning against a column with a pike, and giving a helmet to Cupid. Aesclepius, Greek GD of medicine, only on one vase, depicted with a snake wrapped around his staff .The last medallion subject is either Diomedes or Perseus, shown once on each vase, depicted as a conquering hero. Boulton asked patrons to choose from a limited repertoire of motifs, and therefore each vase or pair of vases is adorned with their own combination. Boulton used nine medallion subjects on recorded vases of this type.
PROVENANCE & COMPS
Another pair of this model, with slightly less elaborate lids and finials, from a private collection are illustrated in Goodison's Matthew Boulton: ORMOLU, (page 379, figure 153). A further example is in a private New York collection. This pair, which was acquired from Hotspur in 1981, was formerly in the Collection of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, sold Christie’s, New York, 31 January 1981, lot 76. The Prescott Collection was one of the most important English furniture collections of its time. The sale consisted mostly of late 17th and 18th century English furniture...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble, Bronze
1950s Arthur Court Frog Candlesticks
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Whimsical pair of Arthur Court candlesticks featuring cast brass frogs in playful, upside-down poses, each balancing a candle holder. The aged patina adds character to the sculptural...
Category
1950s Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$895 / set
Pair of Early 19th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Candlesticks after C. Galle
By Claude Galle
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of excellent early 19th century French empire gilt bronze candlesticks in the style of Claude Galle (1758-1815):
A tapering stem with rich trelliswork relief divided into thr...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Brutalist Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Brutalist bronze candlesticks with wooden base,
circa 1970
Good vintage condition.
Category
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$2,392 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze and Marble Candlestick
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Grand Tour bronze candlestick with marble base and lion's feet detail.
Measurements:
Height of body: 17"
Diameter: 7"
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair Antique Gold & Silvered Bronze and Marble Figural Dolphin Fish Candlesticks
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Gold Bronze and Silvered Bronze Figural Dolphin Fish Candlesticks with Marble Bases.
Category
Early 20th Century Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Brutalist Candle Holder by Horst Dalbeck, 1970s, Germany
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions: 26cm W, 16,5cm H, 8,5cm D
Material: Bronze
Designer: Horst Dalbeck
Period: 1970’s
Origin: Germany.
Category
1970s German Brutalist Vintage Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Directoire Candlesticks Made in the 1790s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of French candlesticks in a wonderful condition. White marble mounted with bronze ornaments. The quality of the castings and chiseling is high. the design is romantic and beau...
Category
Late 18th Century European Directoire Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,391 Sale Price / set
24% Off
Pair 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bronze D'Or Rococo Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Napoleon III Period Bronze D'Or Rococo Candlesticks are a stunning work of the sculptor's art rendered in ormolu to literally last for centuries! The elabora...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Set of 2 Long Candleholders in Polished Bronze by FAKASAKA Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 long candleholders in polished bronze by FAKASAKA Design
Dimensions: W 8 x D 8 x H 41 cm
Materials: Polished bronze.
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Antique Rococo candlesticks made of fire-gilt bronze, Baroque
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Rococo candlesticks made of fire-gilt bronze, Baroque
Solid bronze, finely chiseled and fire-gilt.
Extremely fine and high-quality craftsmanship.
Rococo - Classic design w...
Category
20th Century Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
$938 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Candlestick by Lucas Recchia, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Lucas Recchia’s candleholders are meticulously crafted from polished solid bronze, each piece distinguished by subtle variations that reveal the artist’s deep sensitivity to material...
Category
2010s Brazilian Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Napoleon III Bronze Candlesticks by Foundry F. Barbedienne 1860s
Located in Salzburg, AT
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...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Bronze Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
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