A PAIR OF LOUIS XV PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, PATINATED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN, BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWIN LIGHT CANDELABRA

THE FIGURES ATTRIBUTED TO MARTIN FRERES, CIRCA 1750

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, PATINATED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED VERNIS MARTIN, BRONZE AND ORMOLU TWIN LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE FIGURES ATTRIBUTED TO MARTIN FRERES, CIRCA 1750
Each with naturalistically scrolled branches decorated overall with porcelain flowerheads and foliage supported by a standing figure on a rockwork base
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

The Collection of George Blumenthal; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1-2 December 1932, lot 79 (to M. Lacroix, sold together with a clock, being sold here as lot 115).

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Lot Essay

Comparable examples for these candelabra include:

-Two pairs originally supplied to the Royal House of Savoy for the Palazzo Reale, Turin, later in the collection of Thelma Chrysler Foy and sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22-23 May 1959, lots 666 and 667.

-A pair from the Lafarge collection, sold Lyon, 16 December 1868, lot 534, and subsequently sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, 13-15 October 1983, lot 308 ($82,500).

-A pair, from the Lelong Collection, sold Georges Petit, Paris, 27-28 May 1903, lot 1174.

-A pair, sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 153 ($72,000).

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