A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE ORMOLU BASES MID-18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN MODELLED BY J.J. KAENDLER 1742-1749

Each with the figure of a guinea hen perched amidst rockwork with sinuous candlebranches issuing French porcelain flower blossoms and beaded blossoming bobêches, the base cast with scrolling foliate rocaille (candlearms of later date)-12¼in. (30.5cm.) high, 11½in. (28cm.) diameter (2)

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Similar pairs of guinea hens are in the Wrightsman Collection (illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, Catalog, vol. II, 1966, pl. 268); formerly in the Roussel Collection, Paris; formerly in the collection of Emma Budge, sold Paul Graupe, Berlin, 27 September 1937, lot 774; and formerly in the collection of Baron Eric von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, sold Paul Graupe, Berlin, 25 March 1931, lot 450.