Pair Of Candelabra With "gardening Children" In Gilded Bronzes And Fine Marble Louis XVI Period

Pair of candelabra in chiseled and gilded bronzes and white Carrara marble with two arms of light, said to be gardeners' children forming a pendant. The ensemble is composed of two children, in 18th century clothes, a young girl and a young boy holding in their arms a fluted chiseled and gilded bronze basket, from which two leafy and flowery stems escape forming the lights with binets and stem decorations with removable bud in its center, Rich plant decoration. They rest on round Carrara marble bases with grooves in the shape of truncated columns and moldings, and on beautiful square bases called scrapers and decorated with spandrels at the corners in stylized foliage. Beautiful quality of execution and very fine carving. Pretty classic and very decorative subjects. Beautiful Dimensions: Height: 43 cm Width: 19 cm Base: 12 cm x 12 cm Condition report: Complete original, Beautiful original condition, Traces of use and age, Beautiful original old gilding with matte and shiny. Small old recovery in thickness on the central round part of a marble base surely to reduce stains. No presence of Bobéches. A screw changed on Corbeille. Very beautiful Quality assembly. Provenance: Collection of a Property in the Loire Valley. Parisian Work End of the Louis XVI Period / Early 19th Century