A Pair of magnificent five-armed Girandoles

This pair is intri­cate­ly craft­ed by hand with excep­tion­al finesse and exe­cut­ed in gilt bronze.

The elab­o­rate­ly craft­ed base is cen­tered around a small col­umn, flanked on either side by a volu­mi­nous ped­i­ment rich­ly adorned with acan­thus leaves and blos­soms.
The oval-shaped base, with a cen­tral off­set, is dec­o­rat­ed all around with a flo­ral bor­der and stands on four small adjustable feet.
Atop the base of each can­de­labra, we find a ful­ly sculpt­ed put­to seat­ed in a flower mead­ow. On the left, a young girl with pret­ty hair­style and a rib­bon in her hair, hold­ing a small nest with bird eggs in her right hand while extend­ing her left hand towards the young boy.

On the right can­de­labra sits a young boy with curly hair, hold­ing a small bird in his hand, extend­ing it towards the young girl.
The stems of each sit­u­at­ed behind the chil­dren, ascends in an acan­thus leaf form toward the finial. The finial is formed by five exquis­ite­ly inter­laced arms in rocaille form adorned with acan­thus leaves.Candle cups and sock­ets are with flo­ral and foli­ate dec­o­ra­tion.

What stands out in these two can­dle­sticks, besides their beau­ti­ful crafts­man­ship, is the splen­did mat­te and glossy gild­ing.
Sim­i­lar giran­dole mod­els can be found, among oth­er places, in the Vien­nese Sil­ver Cham­ber for table dec­o­ra­tions at the Hab­s­burg court.

Mag­nif­i­cent giran­doles that will bring an unique ele­gance to any table setting…