Gilt bronze candlestick with cherub heads and swags of garland

Candlestick in the Form of Tripod Cassolettes (One of a Pair)

Attributed to Étienne Martincourt (French, act. 1762–1791)

Dateca. 1780

MediumGilt bronze

DimensionsH.: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)

Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest

Accession number1918.6.05

Collection History

Duveen. J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York, 1905. Duveen. Frick, 1918.

Source: Furniture in The Frick Collection: French 18th- & 19th-Century Furniture (Pt. 2) & Gilt Bronzes. Volume VI. New York: The Frick Collection, 1992.

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