Pair of French Rock-Crystal and Gilt-Bronze Candlesticks Circa 1950

Véronese was established in 1931 by Marcel Barbier. The firm was unique in having a design office in Paris and a glasswork on Murano. They developed a product line of clear translucent glass that was promoted through extensive advertising, and sold from striking modern showrooms in Paris and Nice. Their master glassblower was Giovanni Veronese, but the name was probably meant to evoke the 17th century Venetian painter Paolo Veronese, who depicted glassware and other luxury goods. Launched during the Depression, Véronese devised a lean business model. Rather than having an in-house art director they commissioned designs from independent architects, like Marcel Roux...

Designed around 1930, each monumental standing lamp of brass and acid-etched glass is marked Perzel on the base by the switch. A chrome version was published in the French design ma...

A translucent alabaster lamp of the same model was featured in the July 1938 issue of Domus magazine, which was established and edited by Gio Ponti. They were made in the Volterra wo...

This large and dramatic blown and cast-glass candlestick, with a blue-and-white spiral in its stem, was most likely made in England around 1800. It comes from the collection of the legendary aesthete Baron Max Fould-Springer, who lived at the Palais de Royaumont outside Paris, which on his death was inherited by his sister Liliane, Baroness de Rothschild...

This graceful pair of French crystal candelabra features tall, tapered spike-form finials with paneled sides. The pieces have scrolling bronz...

Pair of 19th century French doré bronze and rock crystal girandoles. Very finely chased. Beads are also rock crystal. Rare. Base di...

A pair of exceptionally clear rock crystal table lamps with very few inclusions, and having gilt bronze mounts (only slight remnants of the gilding is still visible). Originally thes...

These appealing candlesticks have a bit of everything French - crystal, marble and bronze.