Gilt Bronze Nine-Light Torcheres French, late 19th century, each with nine-light top supported by three standing putti over an elaborate ram's head, caryatid and satyr mask base supported by three large winged sphinx figures on pierced and painted cast iron conforming stands with pierced grilles centering a cartouche with monogram, 80 x 24 in., surface wear and losses to gilding with some polish residue, electrical components rewired, one standard lacking lower portion of one small torch applique (torch applique loose but present), the other standard lacking one seated putto on lower tier, scattered areas of corrosion especially to one base. Provenance: Said to be from the James Forrestal Estate, Newport, Rhode Island; Estate of Charles Edward and Miriam Barr Mitchell, Woodlawn, Quinby, South Carolina surface wear and losses to gilding with some polish residue, electrical components rewired, one standard lacking lower portion of one small torch applique (torch applique loose but present), the other standard lacking one seated putto on lower tier, scattered areas of corrosion especially to one base