A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND TOLE-MOUNTED MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745 - 1750, THE FLOWERS LARGELY 18TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU BASE MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND TOLE-MOUNTED MEISSEN AND FRENCH PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745 - 1750, THE FLOWERS LARGELY 18TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU BASE MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a pheasant, a male and a female, respectively, the female with chicks, on a C-scroll base and surmounted by a bocage terminating in foliate drip-pans and foliate nozzles, some chips and restorations to porcelain, the branches and nozzles of later date
12 in. (30 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of two-light candelabra with identical birds is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Paris, 2000, p. 99. These birds are both reductions of the large models made for the Japanese Palace in circa 1735.

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