Pair of Empire Four-light Candelabra

A fine and elegant pair of four-light ormolu candelabra, most likely a Berlin production, attributed to the bronze manufacturer Werner & Mieth. Each with a finely ciseled anthemion and acanthus columnar support and similarly decorated base, surmounted by a central urn nozzle above three male masks issuing three scrolled leaf-wrapped branches with circular nozzle.

Werner & Mieth were founded in Berlin in 1792 and were given a Royal Appointment in 1794. They supplied chandeliers and bronze work for the most important houses and palaces around Berlin and Potsdam. Werner and Mieth even travelled to France, England and Holland to improve the technique of manufacture. In 1797, the company employed 29 people. They worked in gold, silver, bronze doré, glass, copper, cristal, tin and mercury. From around 1810, they became increasingly successful in exporting their wares throughout Europe, including Constantinople, eventually collaborating with Karl Friedrich Schinkel under the name Werner & Neffen.