A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
19th Century
In the manner of J.A. Meissonnier, with detachable nozzles, inverted baluster stems and shaped circular feet, cast and chased with swirling rocaille scrolls and flowers, with moths and Viscount's coronet
12in. (30.4cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Acquired from Lionel Levy, London, as mid-18th Century.

Lot Essay

The form of these candlesticks is based on a drawing by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier which was engraved by Huquier and published in Le Livre de chandeliers de sculpture en argent, folios 31 and 32, plates 73 and 74.

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