575 - Figural candlestick, female figure with fluted candle holder, metal with brass-coloured patina

Figural candlestick, female figure with fluted candle holder, metal with brass-coloured patina Metal, figural candle stand, also candlestick or figural candleholder, brass-coloured patina. Standing female figure with hip cloth, holding in her hands the candle holder designed as a fluted column, nozzle with leaf decoration and candle spike, mounted on a naturalistic plinth. Condition commensurate with age, rubbed, partially dented or notched. H. 23.5 cm. 360-degree photo available on our website. Figural candlesticks combine small sculpture with the object of everyday use; such figural candlesticks of patinated cast metal were made circa 1900, in France among other places. Besides single candlesticks with a figure on the shaft, there are also multi-branch girandoles with a figural shaft, for example in the form of a putto.