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Lot Essay
The fashion for mounting Meissen birds and animals with sumptuous ormolu mouns was at its height in the 1750's, promoted by influential collectors such as Madame de Pompadour. Her favourite marchand-mercier, Lazare Duvaux, sold on 1 March 1751 to Mgr. le Comte d'Egmont
Une paire de girandoles à terrasse & trois branches de bronze doré d'or moulu, sur des cygnes de Saxe, 720 l
A similar pair of candelabra is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. II, p. 460, cat 258, where he also cites another pair of this model which sold in the sale of E. Cronier, Paris, 4-5 December 1905, lot 131.
Une paire de girandoles à terrasse & trois branches de bronze doré d'or moulu, sur des cygnes de Saxe, 720 l
A similar pair of candelabra is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. II, p. 460, cat 258, where he also cites another pair of this model which sold in the sale of E. Cronier, Paris, 4-5 December 1905, lot 131.