An elegant pair of Louis XV-period candlesticks, in finely chiselled and gilded bronze, resting on a sculpted, openwork base decorated with rocaille motifs of foliage scrolls.
Each candlestick is richly adorned with a central statuette of a child in polychrome porcelain attributed to the Frankenthal manufactory. They are executed with great finesse and feature delicate colours.
The clothing depicted is typical of 18th-century decorative iconography, inspired both by aristocratic children’s fashion and the pastoral taste so dear to the Louis XV period.
On one side is a little boy, dressed in a long yellow jacket, richly trimmed with blue piping, matching breeches and white stockings accentuated by fine yellow shoes. He wears a bow at the collar and a wide-brimmed hat in the same colour as his clothes. This ‘à la française’ ensemble evokes a young man of good standing, with a touch of theatricality.
The young girl, for her part, evokes the rustic style of the 18th century. She wears a mauve dress with a fitted bodice laced at the front. Her full yellow skirt, decorated with mauve and red floral motifs, is enhanced by a puffed green overskirt. At her feet are small flowers; in her raised hands, a little bird.

This ensemble reflects the rustic and gallant style popularised by pastoral festivals, Meissen porcelain and scenes inspired by Watteau or Boucher.

The figures, full of grace and liveliness, blend into the lush plant motifs of the gilded bronze.
Behind them, three candlesticks, featuring a chiselled foliage motif, rise elegantly and are topped with sconces sculpted in the form of stylised flowers.

A fine piece from the Louis XV period, in polychrome porcelain attributed to the Frankenthal manufactory and gilded bronze, retaining its original gilding.