Pair of Day and Night candlesticks by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, 1990s.

Pair of Day and Night candlesticks in gilt cast aluminium, by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, 1990s. One bears a sun, the other a crescent moon, on a hammered base.
 
Born in Céret in 1943, ceramicist and artist Pierre Casenove worked with several French manufacturers: Fondica for metal, the Lunéville manufactory for faience and Artésia in Limoges for porcelain. One of his porcelain pieces is held by the Musée national Adrien Dubouché. For Fondica he developed a bestiary and stylised faces, made into candlesticks, carafes and tableware.
 
Use them together on a dinner table or a mantelpiece, or apart at each end of a console.
 
"Fondica France" mark in relief on the base.
 
Condition: very good condition.
 
Height: to be added
 

 
See also: tableware · 1990s design