Pair of candlesticks. France, ca.

Pair of candlesticks. France, ca. 1880.
Gilded bronze.
Measurements: 42 x 17 x 17 cm.
This pair of candlesticks rises on bases of triangular format. They have three feet, in the form of claws, unified under the shaft by means of bat wings. On these bat wings rise the columns, which have a base decorated as a floral corolla and a fluted shaft, interrupted by a smooth central ring. The columns have mixed capitals, decorated with grooves, and support a platform with three arms with as many lighters, decorated with a central border and moldings. From the center of the platform rises a molded shaft, with rings, which is topped with the round, gilded figure of a woman of classical proportions, perhaps a nymph, dressed only in a cloak knotted over one shoulder that exposes much of the anatomy.