Pair Antique French Louis XVI Parcel-Gilt Bronze & Marble Putti Candelarbra, 1870 Sculpture Athanasios enthroned in the Byzantine

Athanasios enthroned in the Byzantine style and painted with egg tempera and heightened with 24 karat gold leaf

the shelves and cabinet back are covered in the original red baize

The plaque mounted in its original gilt framed case

The barometer housed in a 'rope twist' oak case with a brass bezel

From about 1955

Pair Antique French Louis XVI Parcel-Gilt Bronze & Marble Putti Candelarbra, 1870 Sculpture Athanasios enthroned in the ByzantineA very good pair of antique French Louis XVI bronze, parcel gilt and marble putti candelabra, circa 1870. Each candelabra having twin candle holders and each bobeche in gilt bronze with fruiting swags and fruiting acanthus finial to the center. Each base finely cast as a seated putto on a gilt bronze rocky outcrop, the bases made of white marble and raised on five compressed bun feet. Condition is very good, a fine pair of 19th century gilt bronze