Lot 508
A Pair of French Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra, by Claude-Francois Rabiat, c. 1810, each with a figure of the goddess Nike, holding a pair of French horns continuing to acanthus leaves issuing drip pans and candle nozzles, her foot resting on a fire gilt leaf cast hemisphere above an engine-turned circular plinth, raised on a stepped base, stamped "Rabiat" on bottom of base, height 26 in. E18000/24000 Note: Claude-Francois Rabiat (1756-1815) established an important foundry in Paris early in the 19th century. He supplied most of the major bronziers, including Thomire, Galle and Feuchere. Rabiat is discussed and illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Rabiat, L'Estampille.
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