SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

These finely-cast candelabra are copies of the model attributed to Pierre Gouthière now in the Petit-Trianon at Versailles. The candelabra were likely supplied by the marchand-mercier Freres Darnault for the Salon des Jeux de Mesdames for Madame du Pompadour at the Château de Bellevue in 1785. They are described as ‘a large candelabra with ten branches, drapery, foliage and fruits, all in bronze, richly chased and gilt or matte.’ (see P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 99, fig. 111).