Title: Pair of candlesticks
Object type: Candlesticks
Date: 1735–50
Artist: Manner of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier 
Artist bio: French, Turin 1695–1750 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: Height (each): 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); Diam. of base (each): 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, 1977
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY