Pair of sconces with flowered quivers, Louis XVI period

Beautiful pair of sconces with a quiver with two branches in gilt bronze, Louis XVI period.

The stem is composed of a neoclassical ribbon knot supporting a kind of quiver with twisted flutes loaded with flowers and ending in acanthus stems. From its sides emerge the two finely chiseled arms of light.

Sconces with a quiver of flowers of the same model, with three branches, appear in the Imperial Palace of Pavlovsk in Russia, and were obviously part of the purchases of Maria-Feodorovna and the future Paul I of Russia during their visit to France as Count and Countess of the North in 1783. Another pair is kept in the castle of Moncley (Doubs).

Size (H x W ): 44 x 24,5 cm.

Gilding in good condition.