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Pair of silver-plated bronze candlesticks, circa 1835
Depicting child acrobats in full pose.
Juggling props adorn the bases.
Signed ALPH. GIROUX PARIS on the side
Marked France and silver-plated metal hallmarks
Very good overall condition.
GIROUX, Alphonse. Famous woodworking and cabinetmaking shop located at 7, rue du coq Saint-Honoré, in Paris. The business of this shop, founded by François-Simon-Alphonse GIROUX, extended from the Consulate to the end of the Second Empire, with the father and then the son.
The sons Alphonse-Gustave and André Giroux took over the business in 1838, which then became "Alphonse Giroux et Cie" until its acquisition by Duvinage in 1867.
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