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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF J-V. MOREL & CIE, LONDON, 1849

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF J-V. MOREL & CIE, LONDON, 1849
Cast and chased in mid-18th century French style, the domed circular bases, baluster stems and vase-shaped sconces with acanthus and shells, and dark blue enamel strapwork, detachable nozzles, the bases marked 'MOREL &CIE'; 'MOREL.ET CIE LONDRES'
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high; 37 oz. (1,165 gr.) gross weight (2)

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Lot Essay

These candlesticks were produced during the three years that Morel worked in London (1849-52), when he supplied works to royal and aristocratic patrons including Queen Victoria and the exiled French royal family. The Rothschild/Roseberry collection included a similar pair of silver-gilt and blue enamel candlesticks which sold from Mentmore, 19 May 1977, lot 672. That pair is illustrated in Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1986, p. 381, no. 1809.

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