Pair of Antique Bronze Candlestick Table LampsLouis XVI Fluted Column — France, 19th Century

DETAILS:
Size: each — Height 34 cm (13.4 in) · Width 10.5 cm (4.1 in)
Material: bronze
Style/Period: Louis XVI style, French, 19th century — converted candlesticks
Sockets: one per lamp, two total — B22; inspected and tested before dispatch, rewired where needed, and delivered working and ready to use; plug adapted to your country (US/UK/EU) at no extra charge
Lampshades: not included
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide
Condition: very good; bronze sound and well matched across the pair; casting crisp throughout
Returns: accepted within 30 days

Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.

The candlestick lamp is one of the more satisfying conversions the electric age made from the candlelit one. A well-cast nineteenth-century candlestick already had everything a lamp base needed — height, weight, a considered silhouette — and rather than discard these pieces when electricity arrived, the best examples were fitted with a socket at the crown and kept exactly as they were below, the original casting doing all the work it had always done.

This pair is French, nineteenth century, in bronze, each lamp built as a Louis XVI fluted column. The base descends through two registers of ornament — a beaded and gadrooned lower plinth chased with a leaf-and-flower frieze, and above it a fluted drum with a bead border — before the column proper rises through vertical reeding to a leaf-cast capital. From the capital, the original candle socket remains in place, its beaded drip-pan intact, now carrying the modern fitting above. Note how the ornament changes register from the figural base to the plain fluted shaft to the leaf capital — three distinct decorative zones stacked with the confidence of a foundry working from a fully developed model, rather than a single motif repeated top to bottom. Both lamps are closely matched in scale and casting detail.

The bronze is sound and well matched across the pair, the casting crisp at the base frieze and capital. They arrive inspected and tested before dispatch, rewired where needed, and delivered working and ready to use, plug adapted to your country at no charge — ready for a desk, a bedside table, or either end of a mantelpiece.

They arrive professionally packed and fully insured. Maison Jaspers pays US tariffs and import duties. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

Condition

Electrical details

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A decorative style is not a guarantee of a particular maker or date. See the individual listing for the stated attribution and period.

Worldwide delivery is included in the price. Every piece is individually packed, tracked and fully insured. No shipping charge is added at checkout. If your destination is not listed, please contact us before ordering.

European Union: no customs and no import charges. Delivery usually takes 2–5 working days after dispatch.

United States: Maison Jaspers pays the tariffs and import duties for you.

United Kingdom: UK import VAT is payable on delivery (5% for antiques over 100 years old, otherwise 20%).

Other destinations: local import taxes may apply and are payable by the recipient. Contact us before ordering if you would like guidance.

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Delivery information

Notify us within 30 days of delivery if you wish to return a piece. No reason is required. Returns are free within the Netherlands and Belgium; from elsewhere you pay return shipping for a change-of-mind return.

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