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Lot Essay
These krater-shaped flower-vase candelabra relate to a celebrated pattern of circa 1780. A similar pair of vases, almost certainly acquired through the marchand-merciers Dominique Daguerre and Martin-Eloi Lignereux by Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford, are at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire (illustrated in R. Edwards, ''Patrons of Taste and Sensibility', Woburn Abbey', Apollo, December 1965, p. 456, fig. 111).
Distinctive lily-spray branch candelabra first appeared in engraved patterns of the late 1760's, such as those embellishing a vase designed by Jean-François Forty and engraved by Colinet and Fois in Les Oeuvres de sculpteur en bronze contenant girandoles, flambeaux etc. of circa 1768. Subsequently adopted by almost all the major ciseleur-doreurs of the Louis XVI period, they were favoured by François Rémond (maître in 1774), amongst others.
Distinctive lily-spray branch candelabra first appeared in engraved patterns of the late 1760's, such as those embellishing a vase designed by Jean-François Forty and engraved by Colinet and Fois in Les Oeuvres de sculpteur en bronze contenant girandoles, flambeaux etc. of circa 1768. Subsequently adopted by almost all the major ciseleur-doreurs of the Louis XVI period, they were favoured by François Rémond (maître in 1774), amongst others.