ATTRIBUTED TO GALLE PAIR OF CANDLES in gilt bronze,... Lot 289

ATTRIBUTED TO GALLE PAIR OF CANDLES in gilt bronze, the tapered shaft decorated with stars is surmounted by three owls and stands on small feet. Round base chiselled with large palmettes. Empire period (minor wear) H: 30 cm Provenance: Collection Jean LEFEVRE (1908-1965), architect. In August 1799, a pair of owl torches was found at Galle's, estimated at 54 fr. 1 A pair of torches of the same model was found in the 2nd salon of the Empress at the Fontainebleau palace: "a pair of copper sheaths, round with claws and owls, gilded in matt gold, 29 cm high", until 1810. 1 - Jean Pierre Samoyault, Pendules et bronze d'ameublement entés sous le Ier Empire, Musée national du château de Fontainebleau, Paris 1989, RMN Ed., p.176, n°157.