Pair of Louis XVI period candelabra with four lights attributed to the Manufacture of Jean Néponucène Nast (1754–1818)
Biscuit porcelain, chiselled and gilded bronze, white marble
Light fixtures shaped like bouquets of roses emerging from sky-blue biscuit-coloured cornucopias, carried by women dressed in Antique style clothing.
A cylindrical white marble plinth decorated with female masks and garlands of flowers in gilded bronze.
Circa 1785-1790
Old restorations on the porcelain
Provenance: Charles de Beisteigui Collection, Château de Groussay (Sotheby’s auction, 2 June 1999, lot 334)
H 85 cm L 35 cm D 19 cm
