Antique French Empire Bronze Female Candelabras- a Pair

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A magnificent pair of original French Empire gilt gold ormolu bronze female figure candleabras . Absolutely first quality early 19th … more A magnificent pair of original French Empire gilt gold ormolu bronze female figure candleabras . Absolutely first quality early 19th century casting with exquisite detail and lifelike accuracy ( see images of the faces and the details around the eyes , lips naturally formed , toes raised to balance each figure etc ) . Free flowing and lots of feeling as you can almost feel the allegorical genre and the classical time period depicted. Rich gold patina is original, from a gold coast Long Island NY estate that featured ming dynasty chinese porcelain and sevres palace urns . less