Lot Essay
A related Rgence candle-snuffer and tray, acquired by Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., was sold by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, Works of Art from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 2.
.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1710
Details
A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU CANDLE-SNUFFER AND TRAY
Circa 1710
The snuffer cast with masks of putti on a pounced ground, the shaped, dished tray cast with similar masks within a bell-husk and foliate strapwork border and with lambrequin trestles, the blank cartouche scrolled handle issuing from a dolphin mask, on foliate-cast scroll feet
8in. (21.5cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1710
The snuffer cast with masks of putti on a pounced ground, the shaped, dished tray cast with similar masks within a bell-husk and foliate strapwork border and with lambrequin trestles, the blank cartouche scrolled handle issuing from a dolphin mask, on foliate-cast scroll feet
8in. (21.5cm.) wide (2)