A PAIR OF RESTAURATION GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

AFTER THE DESIGN BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC AND MODEL BY FRANÇOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1830

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
AFTER THE DESIGN BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC AND MODEL BY FRANÇOIS REMOND, CIRCA 1830
Each surmounted by a gadrooned nozzle with lion mask, supported by three swagged female caryatids, the volutes headed with satyr's masks and rosettes, on a circular spreading base with acanthus leaves and beaded border, variously marked 'MM', 'F' and 'FM'
13 in. (33 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

These candlesticks are based on a design attributed to Jean-Demosthène Dugourc (1749-1825) and included in an album of designs delivered to both Madame Elizabeth and the comte de Provence. This related model is first recorded on 26 June 1783, when the ciseleur-doreur François Rémond invoiced the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre 'Pour fonte, facon et dorure mate d'une paire de grands flambeaux a 4 figures et a guirlandes et fleur, etc 1050 livres', therefore pointing to the likelihood of this model of candlestick having been originally supplied through Daguerre.

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