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A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA AND STANDS
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A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA AND STANDS

MID 19TH CENTURY, BLUE J.P. MARKS TO EACH STAND, THE PAINTING PROBABLY DARTE FRERES

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A PAIR OF JACOB PETIT PORCELAIN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA AND STANDS
MID 19TH CENTURY, BLUE J.P. MARKS TO EACH STAND, THE PAINTING PROBABLY DARTE FRERES
Each of columnar form, surmounted by a reservoir issuing four candle-nozzles formed as crowned bearded figure heads, set atop a Corinthian column molded with acanthus and painted with spiral flower sprays, the domed architectural-form plinth finely painted with panels of flowers, supported at each corner by a winged cherubic herm holding flaming torches above a scroll foot, affixed to a stepped square stand
32 in. (81.4 cm.) high (2)
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The present model was created by Jacob Petit for L'Exposition des Produits de l'Industrie of 1834.

See Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, "Jacob Petit, Le plus romantique des porcelainiers parisiens", L'Estampille/Objet d'art, No 311, March 1997, p. 51 for the original design as engraved by Stéphane Flachat for L'Industrie in 1834.

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