CIRCA 1730, THE ORMOLU LATER

Details

A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) PORCELAIN OVAL CANDLE SCONCE OR GIRANDOLE
CIRCA 1730, THE ORMOLU LATER
Surmounted by two putti holding a Ducal coronet, the now vacant central crowned cartouche surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece, with later ormolu candle arm
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1970, lot 70.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, June 30, 1986, lot 167.
With Robert Williams, England, 19 September 1986.

Lot Essay

This plaque is likely one of a pair commemorating the Second Treaty of Vienna between Austria and Spain. Its mate still has the arms of the Spanish diplomat Don José Patiño in the center and is illustrated in M. Chilton, ed., Fired by Passion, vol. III, p. 1333, no. 463.

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