PAIR OF CANDELABRA, NAPOLEON III PERIOD in midnight-blue porcelain and gilt bronze. The shaft is baluster-shaped with a long neck and handles in the form of a vine dying in a wide fall of vine branches to the base. It is surmounted by a bouquet of five-light carnations. Gilded base with foliate scrolled feet. (Accidents and wear) A pair of candelabra, Napoléon III period, 19th century HAUT. 78 - LARG. 82 CM - H. 30,7 - W. 32,3 IN.

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