French Candle Holders

Unusual pair of elegantly-designed tin candelabras painted in burnished antique gold, with a sloping structure. Interesting to play around with as a pair.

Very fine three piece garniture set, of gilt bronze and Rouge Griotte marble, the clock face signed Thiebaut Freres. The candelabra are 35 inches in heig...

An exquisite true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candlesticks. Each candlestick is raised by an elegant pierced circular base with four scrolled acanthus leaf suppor...

A beautiful and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble candelabras, attributed to Clodion. Each candelabra is r...

An impressive and most elegant true pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze, Vert Antique marble candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by an octagonal shaped Vert Antique marble base...

Charming rustic circular wrought-iron tripod "pique-cierge" (candle-holder). Traces of ancient brown paint.

Elegant set of five French Art Deco neoclassical wrought iron torchères or candleholders. The cupola is supported by a long tapering stem made up of three iron rods. Tripod base. B...

An extremely elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze three arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by four foliate topie shaped feet bel...

A Pair of Restoration Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Four-Light Figural Candelabra. French Circa 1830.

A pair of French forged iron two-arm candelabra with a painted and parcel gilded finish.

An elegant pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI style with white carrara and black Belgian marble and ormolu two light candelabras. The pair are raised by a square white Carrera marble...

A pair of impressive French mid 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Rouge Royale marble cassolettes. The marble bases are ornamented with ormolu acanthus leaf designs. Each with two...

Spectacular pair of monumental crystal, rock crystal and brass candelabra. Electrified. Great Scale And Proportions.

An elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and white Carrara marble candelabras, signed Clodion. Each two arm candelabra is raised by fine top...

A remarkable true pair of French 19th century neo-Classical st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Vert de Patricia marble lamps. Each three arm candelabra lamp is raised by a rectangular Vert de Patricia base with a fine mottled border below the ormolu pedestal shaped support with a Coeur de Rai band and impressive family crest with axes and spears amidst oak and laurel branches. Above and to the left is a handsome patinated bronze Roman soldier...

Magnificent pair of gilt bronze and marble Empire style candelabra

A fine mid-19th century gilt and patinated bronze three-piece clock set By Victor Pierret The figural clock of a woman and a bird seated next to a basket of roses above a gilded base designed with flowers. The candelabra with cherubs holding six lights and sitting on a gilt sea shell base...

A fine pair of Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze cassolettes in the form of atheniennes. Each with a domed and pierced cover to reveal the candleholder, the egg ovoid shaped whi...

A Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Six Light Candelabra After Claude-Michel Clodion Each vase of tapering form applied with two grotesque masks hung with laurel garlands above a frieze cast in relief with depictions of putti pulling the drunken infant Silenus, surmounted by a waisted neck with central square candelabrum issuing six acanthus scrolled branches. Claude Michael Clodion, [1738-1814], was the son-in-law of sculptor Augustin Pajou; he trained in Paris in the workshops of Lambert Sigisbert Adam, his maternal uncle and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, the most successful sculptor of the time. After winning the Prix de Rome, he moved to Italy, sharing a studio with Jean-Antoine Houdon and studying antique, Renaissance, and Baroque sculpture. In 1771 Clodion returned to Paris, where he continued to produce mostly in terracotta. He also worked with his brothers in other media, decorating objects...

Incredible pair of exquisite mercury gilded bronze and pink marble candelabra with superb chasing CW3819

Series of 3 candlesticks in gilded brass, with their round base. Contemporary work of French craftsman. Dimensions: Large: H 10.5 x D 3 cm Medium: H 9.5 x D 3 cm Small: H 8 x D 3 c...

Set of 3 gilded brass candlesticks, with their round base, in their cork case. Contemporary work of French craftsman. Dimensions: Large: H 9 x D 3 cm Medium: H 7.5 x D 3 cm Small:...

A pair of Louis XV style Derbyshire blue John with bronze doré candlesticks. French, circa 1860.

A pair of empire style candelabra with white Carrera marble and bronze dore mounts. Circa 1900, France.

A Pair of large 19th century Napoleon III French Gilt Bronze Four-branch Figural Candelabras. One candelabra with surmounted figure of a boy and the other with a figure of a girl. ...

A gorgeous pair of 19th century French carved wood floor standing candlesticks.

An important pair of Louis XVI style patinated and gilt-bronze four-light candelabra after the model by François Rémond, now in the Wallace collection, London. French, circa 1830. Stamped to one bronze ring ‘RG’. Each candelabra has a central stem in the form of a torch en flambeau with three scrolling acanthus reeded branches terminating in sphinx heads and palm-leaf candleholders. The arms seemingly tied to the stem piece by knotted gilt-bronze cords ending in tassels. The candelabra are issued from patinated bronze ovoid vases with fluted stems and square section porphyry bases. Each vase is mounted with gilt-bronze female heads and foliate swags and encircled by a putti friezes. The handles of each vase are in the form of patinated bronze satyr’s masks. This important pair of candelabra are after the model attributed to the ciseleur-doreur François Rémond dated 1782-5 now in the Wallace collection, London. [F.134-5]. Peter Hughes, in his catalogue entry for the Wallace candelabra...

This finely cast and finished pair of French Ormolu candelabras are clearly a work of a master bronzier. Each candelabra consisting of an urn ...

A Pair of large Antique French Gilt Bronze & Patinated Vase Form Candelabras. Each with a vase form shaped body with central relief under a 12 branch candelabrum. Standing on a tr...

A very fine pair of Louis XVI period candlesticks of unusual form. Each with an ovoid white marble body issuing a floral spray with a flower head nozzle, supported by three curved mo...

A pair of French Empire candleholders in fire-gilded bronze. They feature decorations of fluting and acanthus leaves. The candle sleeves are removable.

A pair of very fine 19th Century French gilt-bronze 4 light figural candelabras.

This excuisite 3-piece 19th century French ormolu mounted porcelain clock set comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The clock in urn shape form over a gilt br...

A fine Louis XV style gilt and Patinated bronze figural clock garniture by Maison Baguès. This rare example of a clock garniture by Maison Baguès has a twin train eight-day movement striking on a bell.  The garniture consists of a clock and a pair of candelabra en suite. The clock has a Rococo cast case surmounted by a patinated bronze putto playing a lyre, above a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and pierced hands. The dial inscribed 'Eug Bagues, Paris'. The case terminates in four scrolling legs put down on an acanthus cast plinth base. The candelabra en suite have gilt bronze pierced acanthus cast bases supporting patinated bronze putti each holding aloft three scrolling acanthus arms terminating in circular and foliate cast drip trays and nozzles. Maison Baguès The Baguès Company, located at 31, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes. By 1880 the company had expanded into the production of bronze light fixtures in response to the development of electrical lighting. Carried on by Noël’s son Eugène and grandsons Victor and Robert, Maison Baguès continued to progress, adding intricately detailed iron lighting collections in the 1920s as well as stair banisters...

A Large and Impressive Louis XVI Style gilt-bronze four-light candelabrum, After the Model Attributed to Pierre Gouthière. Finely cast and gilded with a central stem issuing three...

A Very Fine Pair of Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Five Light Sconces Each sconce shaped as a spiral torch decorated with bow knotted ribbon and a flame emanating at the top. Detai...

The product is a pair of 19th century French bronze figural candelabras, adding a touch of elegance and history to any space. These candle ho...

Paire of huge 1960s candlestick designed by Max Ingrand

Fine 19th century French gilt bronze mounted Rouge marble 3-piece figural clock set Clock: Height: 19.5" Width: 10.5" Candelabras: Height: 22.5" Width: 9"

A fine gilt bronze and Champlevé Enamel Garniture Set comprising a pair of candelabra and a brûle-parfum and cover. French, circa 1890. The brûle -parfum or censor with a domed champlevé enamel lid above a gilt bronze pierced guilloche border with ram's head mounts supported by a baluster column flanked by seated putti finely cast with musical instruments on a circular base. The candelabra en suite having a pair of of putti figures supporting candlearms with circular champlevé enamel drip trays and sconces. Champlevé enamelling, is similar to cloisonné in that the enamel is applied to discrete cells separated by metal. However, in champlevé, cells or troughs are cast into or cut away from the metal base, leaving a raised metal line between the cells which forms the outline of a design. The cells are then filled with molten or powdered glass and fired. Height of central vase: 25 cm Width of central vase: 15 cm...

Midcentury French pair of chrome candlesticks with ebonized wood trim Holds a total of six candles Size of each candlestick is 14" wide x 7" deep and 11" tall at highest point.  

A pair of bronze and Belge Noir marble porte-torchères in the manner of Barbedienne. French, circa 1870.

A fine pair of Louis XIV style gilt bronze figural candlesticks. French, circa 1860. A fine pair of Louis XIV style gilt bronze figural candlesticks, with stems cast as female...

This outstanding pair of French Second Empire candelabra exemplifies the grandeur and exuberance of this decorative era. Expertly crafted of doré bronze and white marble, these light...

A pair of French Louis XVI style ormolu three-light candelabra with beaded decoration throughout, having garland swag decorated fluted stems ending on flut...

A lovely pair of French opaline glass candelabra beautifully mounted in gilded bronze. circa 1870.

An unusual gilt-bronze and spiral moulded glass lantern, attributed to François Linke. This striking lantern has a scrolling acanthus cast crown above a central stem and a pierced frame and collar supporting a spirally fluted moulded glass baluster form shade and terminating in an acanthus cast finial. The interior fitted with two lights. French, Circa 1900. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet...

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 very fine gilt and patinated bronze floor standing candelabrum, after a model by Clodion. French, circa 1880. Claude Michael Clodion, (1738-1814), was the son-in-law of sculp...

19th Century French Pair of White Marble and Gilded Bronze Candlesticks.

19th century French gilt bronze sconce with decorative fish figures on base.

At first glance, Vega conjures up the architectural perfection of a seashell, as if nature itself had brought it to life, then slowly shaped it, hollowing out layer after layer, year...

Like a flower of stone, Pictor undulates with the material. From its petals cradled by the random emerges a poetry evoking both the palette of the painter and a mysterious star. A pr...

Like a flower of stone, Pictor undulates with the material. From its petals cradled by the random emerges a poetry evoking both the palette of the painter and a mysterious star. A pr...

Like a flower of stone, Pictor undulates with the material. From its petals cradled by the random emerges a poetry evoking both the palette of the painter and a mysterious star. A pr...

Lyra is a torchbearer, a flaming metaphor, an anthem to the material. A marble piece cut in the mass which reveals a varying figure, sometimes oblong, massive, rounded, full or holl...

Lyra is a torchbearer, a flaming metaphor, an anthem to the material. A marble piece cut in the mass which reveals a varying figure, sometimes oblong, massive, rounded, full or holl...

Lyra is a torchbearer, a flaming metaphor, an anthem to the material. A marble piece cut in the mass which reveals a varying figure, sometimes oblong, massive, rounded, full or hollo...

Orion opens new perspectives with the use of marble. With mechanical-like harmony , its delicate fins are meticulously set around a central element. Their shape highlights the fragil...

Orion opens new perspectives with the use of marble. With mechanical-like harmony , its delicate fins are meticulously set around a central element. Their shape highlights the fragil...