A FINE PAIR OF LATE 18TH / 19TH CENTURY FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE WHITE MARBLE AND GILT BRONZE CANDELABRA each in the form of a baluster vase, the handles in the form of cockerel heads, each holding a pear shaped drop in its beak,  supporting fruiting swags, each issuing three branches modelled as roses, on lappet cast socles over square bases with beaded and entwined foliage mounts, over toupie feet, 52cm high (2) For a near identical pair of candelabra, raised on slightly different bases, see Sotheby's, London, 21st March 2007, lot 281, £26,400.