Pair Of French 19th Century Charles X St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps

A striking pair of French 19th century Charles X st. ormolu candlestick lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant triangular base with concave sides below an impressive scrolled folia...

A handsome and most charming pair of French 19th century Charles X st. Ormolu candlestick lamps. Each wonderful electrified candlestick is raised by a circular base with fanciful dec...

A striking pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant stepped and mottled base with handsome paw feet and a socl...

A remarkable pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular base with three fine seashell shaped supports ...

Two light . Converted from a pair of urns. Classical campagna form with square wreath mounted plinths.

A pair of early 19th century bronze & ormolu candlesticks, having lotus leaf sconces above reeded tapering stems with leaf & berry decoration, raised on leaf & flower decorated circu...

A beautifully cast pair of French 19th century neoclassical patinated figural bronze nine arm candelabra after a model by Jaen Jacques Pradier They are signed J. Pradier and were converted into lamps in the 20th century. Each candelabra is cast as classically draped maiden with one representing Phyrne and the other unknown, standing on a circular stepped dark green marble socle base. There are no visible foundry marks on the bronzes. Born in Geneva in 1792 in Switzerland, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818 at the Villa Médici. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante...

Pair of very beautiful powder blue porcelain lamps ,the gourd-shaped are very rare ,the bronze are finely executed,high -end decoration they are in their original condition