A SET OF SIX MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE AND CUT GLASS LUSTRE CANDLESTICKS ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (1801-1864) each modelled as a vine covered stem with leafy collar and urn shaped nozzle with goat head decoration, raised on trifrom bases modelled as lions, their tails entwined around the stem, the leafy collars hung with prismatic arrowheaded lustres, 23cm high (2) These unusual candlesticks can be attributed to Fratin based on their striking similarity to those stamped by the sculptor. Numerous examples of candlesticks with identical stems and goat head nozzles but with three panthers to the base instead of lions have appeared at auction in recent years.  For example, see Bonhams, London, 20 January 2010 lot 267, Artcurial, Paris, 23 February 2016, lot 378 (this pair were exhibited at Fratin. Objets décoratifs & Sculptures romantiques', Paris, Univers du Bronze, 2000, p. 23, n° 15).