A Fine Pair of Bronze Dore Candlesticks, c. 1800-1820, of typical core cast and seamed construction, with garlanded and cable-molded bases supporting spiral-diapered urns and fluted shafts, flower- decorated candle-cups, and removable spiral-beaded bobeches, height 8 in., diameter 3.5in. Note: Compare: H. Parrott Bacot, Nineteenth- Century Lighting: Candle-Powered Devices, 1783-1883, West Chester, 1987, pp. 31-34, figs. 13, 17, 18. Provenance: From the estate of noted New Orleans antiquarian Juanita Elfert, by whom acquired from the Gondolfo-Minor estate.