A TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU CANDLESTICK IN THE STYLE OF MEISSONNIER, with twisted baluster shaft cast with triple addorsed infant mermen and cartouches with military trophies, the faceted nozzles edged with foliage on waved stepped domed bases cast with fluting, drilled for electricity, and with acanthus and lotus-leaf cast moulding flanking scallop-shells, stamped 3; and another, en suite, of later date, the nozzle and drip-pan stamped 33

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A TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU CANDLESTICK IN THE STYLE OF MEISSONNIER, with twisted baluster shaft cast with triple addorsed infant mermen and cartouches with military trophies, the faceted nozzles edged with foliage on waved stepped domed bases cast with fluting, drilled for electricity, and with acanthus and lotus-leaf cast moulding flanking scallop-shells, stamped 3; and another, en suite, of later date, the nozzle and drip-pan stamped 33
12in. (30.5cm.) high, excluding fittings (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of candlesticks of this model, said to be in the manner of Meissonnier (circa 1693-1750), in the Wallace Collection are illustrated F. J. B. Watson, Catalogue, London, 1956, F74, pl. 21. Another pair formerly in the Patiño Collection, was sold Sotheby's New York, 1 November 1986, lot 15. A pair, formerly in the collection of the comte de Castellane, is illustrated E. Molinier, Histoire Générale des Arts Appliqués à l'Industrie, III, 1896, p.122

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