Overall in very good condition. Previously drilled and now plugged. One candelabra is slightly loose. Minor rubbing and wear.
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This celebrated 'Egyptian' model was made popular during the Empire period, as a result of Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt and the subsequent publication of Baron Vivant-Denon's Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte in 1802. Claude Galle, of the rue du Four Saint-Germain, was elected maître in 1786.

A pair of related Egyptian candelabra, forming part of a garniture and attributed to Claude Galle, bronzier au Garde-Meuble, is illustrated by H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 338, fig. 5.3.6. A nearly identical pair on marble bases is illustrated in Egyptomania, Paris, 1994, p. 290, fig. 4. Other models that have recently sold are from The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. Christie's London, September 18, 2013, lot 17; Christie's London, May 22, 2003💝, lot 145; Sotheby's New York, April 13-14, 2016, lot 394.