Oh to get to live on the top of a candlestick and make everything brighter! Ormolu on Gustavian candlesticks from the end of the 18th century. Swedish.

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Candlesticks. 1800. Late Gustavian. Swedish. porphyry and ormolu. Maker not known. Image © 2020 Lundgrens Antikhandel AB. Fair use license. via http://www.lundgrensantik.se/works-of-art/pair-of-swedish-porphyr-candlesticks-late-gustavian-circa-1800/images/1
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Pair of candlesticks, each in the form of a maiden with an urn shaped candle holder, standing on a marble column on a square base. ca. 1790. Gustavaian. Made in Stockholm, Sweden. Ormolu and white marble. Image © 2020 ArtOrigo.com. Fair use license. via https://artorigo.com/lighting/a-pair-of-gustavian-ormolu-and-white-marble-candlesticks-stockholm-circa-1790/id-10615
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Pair of candlesticks, each modeled with a sitting mermaid on a round marble pedestal holding a urn shaped candleholder aloft. Late 18th c. Gustavian. Swedish. Ormolu and marble. Maker not known. Image © Hoffmans, Stockholm. Fair use license. via https://www.hoffmansantikhandel.se/portfolio/pair-director-candlesticks-late-18th-century/

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