A Pair Of Brass Mounted Porcelain Parrot Candle Holders 48cm

A matched pair of decorative porcelain and gilt bronze (ormolu) candlesticks, each featuring a hand-painted turquoise/blue parrot perched atop a black glazed porcelain vase. The birds are rendered in fine detail — individually painted feathers, gilt beaks, and glass eyes.
Style & Period
Style: French Empire / Louis XVI Revival
Chinoiserie influence (exotic bird motifs on black porcelain)
Likely 19th–20th century reproduction or original period piece
Materials
Hand-painted porcelain (birds + vase bodies)
Gilt bronze / ormolu mounts (base, collar, bobeche, stem)
Black lacquer-style glaze on vase and base
Dark glass or porcelain candle cup
Construction
Square stepped base with acanthus leaf ormolu border
Baluster-form vase body with ormolu collar rings
Parrot figure mounted centrally, tail draping downward
Twisted branch-form ormolu stem rising to candle socket with leaf bobeche