Charles Cumberworth (Verdun, Anglo-French 1812-1852) 'The Harvesters'

Paris, circa 1850

A pair of patinated bronze African figures, the male shirtless holding a hat, an axe at his waist and holding aloft a basket of fruit, the female wearing a turban and loose dress holding aloft a vase of flowers, on circular bases and later plinth bases and leaf cast feet, both signed Cumberworth and for the Susse Frères Foundry, formerly candelabra, converted, now fitted as table lamps, height of the tallest including fitting, 71cm high. (2)



See Sothebys, New York, A Private West Coast Collection: 19th Century Decorative Works of Art, 15 April 2011, lot 11 for a pair as nine-light candelabra.