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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

AFTER MEISSONIER, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
AFTER MEISSONIER, 19TH CENTURY
Each with a baluster shaft decorated with two putti resting on cartouches
12 in. (30 cm.) high (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Lot Essay

The model for these candlesticks derives from a design by Juste-Aurle Meissonnier (1675-1750), illustrated P. Fuhring, Juste-Aurle Meissonnier, Un gnie du rococo, Turin, 1999, p. 319. The design, dated 1728, was originally intended to be executed in silver, but prooved so popular it was soon also executed in ormolu and porcelain

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