Pair of chased, patinated and gilded bronze candelabras depicting Africa, featuring a Nubian woman, resting on a circular base with palmette decoration and bearing a three-light vase with foliage branches (three earrings missing). Attributed to Jean-Simon DEVERBERIE. Circa 1800. Height Height : 48 cm Jean-Simon Deverberie (1764-1824) was one of the great bronzemakers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He specialized in the production of clocks, torches and candelabra on the theme of the "bon sauvage", as illustrated by our pair of candelabra. The Cabinet des Estampes of the BNF holds a collection in his hand containing numerous preparatory drawings of African and American clocks. The Almanach du Commerce of 1817 mentions that Deverberie was "the owner of 150 new models of clocks and as many torches". Similar models: - Musée François Duesberg, Mons. - Sale Maître Rouillac, June 11, 2018, lot 160. Bibliography: - Musée François Duesberg, arts décoratifs 1775-1825, pendules à sujets exotiques et bronzes dorés français, p. 12. - Charlotte Vignon, Deverberie et Cie: drawings, models and works in bronze, Cleveland studies in the history of art, 2003, vol. 8, pp. 170-187. - Jean-Dominique Augarde, Une odyssée en pendules, chefs d'œuvres de la collection Parnassia, vol. II, pp. 405-411. Appraisal by Mr. Cédric HÉNON - 06 95 34 93 78 - cedric.henon@authenticite.fr