A pair of Neoclassical style ormolu, malachite and porphyry three-light candelabra incorporating early 19th century elements, possibly Russian

each with a central foliate nozzle flanked by curved candle branches cast with foliate rinceaux, raised on a rectangular malachite plinth flanked by addorsed draped female figures above a stepped oval porphyry base.

Sold, Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, March 18, 2002, lot 1369

Verdigris to the ormolu nozzles, candle-arms and standard, especially around the water-leaf-cast section. Minor marks to the malachite veneer, and very small chips to the porphyry border. In otherwise good condition.
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A vase made at the State bronze factory in St. Petersburg, circa 1806, incorporates addorsed sirens above an ovoid porphyry base closely comparable to the base on this pair of candelabra, illustrated, Igor Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moscow, 2003, p. 89.  See also another vase from the State bronze factory, raised on draped caryatids, Sychev, op. cit. p. 88.