From the collection of: DEUTSCHE SCHLOSS-AUKTION AUF SCHLOSS ANHOLT, GERMANY Christie’s 2001
A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE CANDLESTICKS, FIRE-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE
Each with a winged female figure, above a vase with four volute arms ending in eagle heads and cup-shaped drip plates and spouts, in the center a flame cross flower, the figure standing on a ball on a rectangular base, on the side with appliques of a girl and an eagle in diamond-shaped fields
74.5 cm high
attributed to: Pierre-Philippe Thomire