Large pair of antique candelabra stork model after Ferdinand Barbedienne and Antoine-Louis Barye

Large pair of candelabra with six sconces in gilded bronze with clear brown patina. The tripod stand is decorated with palmettes, lion heads and claws, resting on a triangular base of red griotte marble.
The bamboo shaped shaft is decorated with small chains and a bouquet of grotesque masks emitting six branches adorned with bobeches, drip pans, and foliage. On top of the candelabrum, a stork is spreading its wings.

French work from the second half of 19th century, around 1870.