1805 circa
1750-1850
Bronze Design Engraving Gilt gilt-bronze Ormolu
35.5 x 14.5 cm (14 x 5 ³/₄ inches)
L and B

Provenance

Baron de Baye.
May 1930, lot 49.
Collection Tissot-D.
Sale Galerie Georges Petit: Succession de Madame la Marquise DE BAYE (Paris), 19
Literature:
• Jörg Ebeling & Ulrich Leben, Empire Style; The hotel de Beauharnais in Paris, 2016,
p.96.
• Arcadi Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moskou 2000, p.39-59.
• Igor Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moskou 2002, p.95-98.

Literature

• Jörg Ebeling & Ulrich Leben, Empire Style; The hotel de Beauharnais in Paris, 2016,
p.96.
• Arcadi Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Moskou 2000, p.39-59.
• Igor Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moskou 2002, p.95-98.

Detail Description

A pair of Russian Empire candlesticks with an exceptional design and extraordinary artistic craftsmanship, each consist of 32 assembled parts that are all chased and executed to perfect finesse, attributed to Friedrich Bergenfeldt. Marked on different parts: ‘L’ and ‘B’. Circa 1805
The rounded wings attached to the hexagonal base give the illusion of a round shape. The base itself is alternately decorated with stylised fountains and mirrored swans, each
with a snake in its mouth.The curved triangular socle with grotesque masks spouting into small shell-shaped basins
below. The base is topped by three Hippocampus figures, their wings seemingly supporting the sheathed shaft embellished with mounted tridents and rudders. The shaft is crowned by three Poseidon heads that carry an overflowing ceremonial font into which watery cascades pour from the rim of the sconce above it.