A pair of Louis XV silvered bronze candlesticks

A pair of Louis XV silvered bronze candlesticks, third quarter 18th century, each with rocaille cast socket above an inverted triform section foliate cast stem, on stepped circular bases with conforming cast motifs, 29cm high
Catalogue note:
These candlesticks bear a strong similarity to a pair held at the Wallace Collection (number F76), which are described in the Collection's furniture catalogue as being in the style associated with the Brothers Slodtz, the design bearing 'a general resemblance to a pen-and-ink drawing for a candlestick by one of the brothers Slodtz, which is now in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.'

Literature: Watson, F. J. B., Wallace Collection Catalogues: Furniture, London: William Clowes and Sons, 1956, p. 46 and plate 21