Candelabra pair, French Empire gilt and patinated bronze
Metadata
Title
Candelabra pair, French Empire gilt and patinated bronze
Description
The tapering standard issuing central nozzle and three candlearms in the form of winged sea-creatures, united by chains hanging from their mouths, the triangular bases supported by winged griffins, on conforming incurved tripartite base.
Creator
Claude Galle (attributed)
Source
Private Collection
Date
1800 (circa)
Extent
H: 25 1/4, D: 7 5/8 in.
References
http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/1501/350
Provenance
Sold at Freeman's English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts Sale, 7 October 2014, lot 350, for $30,000.
Sold on behalf of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. Likely given to the Church in the 19th century by a member of the prominent Burd-Shippen-Sims families, possibly having belonged to General Thomas Cadwalader (1779-1841). Considered to have originally been the property of Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), the former King of Spain and Napoleon's elder brother.
Sold on behalf of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. Likely given to the Church in the 19th century by a member of the prominent Burd-Shippen-Sims families, possibly having belonged to General Thomas Cadwalader (1779-1841). Considered to have originally been the property of Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), the former King of Spain and Napoleon's elder brother.
Collection
Citation
Claude Galle (attributed), “Candelabra pair, French Empire gilt and patinated bronze ,” Joseph Bonaparte in America, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.josephbonaparteinamerica.org/items/show/28.