Vian, Pair Of Neo-greek Candlesticks

A pair of neo-Greek candlesticks
by H.V. for Henri Vian

France
circa 1880
height 14,5 cm

A fine pair of Greek style patinated bronze candlesticks, mounted on stylized lion legs and decorated with antique palmets.

Biography
Henri Vian (1858-1904), a bronze-caster active in the second half of the 19^th Century, made a lot of interior decorations with chimney mantelpieces, ormolu and patinated-mounted vases, chandeliers,… all produced of the highest quality. His signature was either with his name, either with his monogram H.V. The business, located at 5 rue de Thorigny in Paris (the Salé Mansion, now the Picasso Museum), was continued by Madame Vian after her husband's death in 1905.
Henri Vian was the grand-father of the famous singer-writer Boris Vian.