Pair of French Louid xvi Ormolu Candlesticks with Putti Masks and Garlands

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A spectacular pair of French Louis XVI ormolu candlesticks with Putti Masks and Garlands. The socket is very intricately sculpted with beading, acanthus leaves, and fluted bottom. Beneath the socket and down a swirling fluted neck, three putti masks face outward and adorn the top of the rounded, tapered barrel. finished with garlands of fruit flowing around each candlestick. Downward from the putti masks are three open-work pedestal legs that run down to a rounded base decorated in raised acorns, fruit, and acanthus leaves. Each candlestick is exceptionally gilded in the finest mercury gilding and is further hand-chased and and hand-chiseled by the finest bronze workers. These fabulous pair can easily be dated to late 1790s-early 1810s and made in Paris.

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