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CIRCA 1740
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MENNECY PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1740
In the chinoiserie taste, each with a seated 'magot' figure with moustache holding a scrolling branch, a dragon painted at his back, on a scrolling rocaille base, some differences in chasing, the nozzles 18th century and associated, each with a faint black inscription at underside
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
CIRCA 1740
In the chinoiserie taste, each with a seated 'magot' figure with moustache holding a scrolling branch, a dragon painted at his back, on a scrolling rocaille base, some differences in chasing, the nozzles 18th century and associated, each with a faint black inscription at underside
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
Count Potocki, Łańcut Castle, Poland.
Mrs. Charles E. Dunlap, née Phyllis I. Pollak, The Elms, Newport; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 3-6 December 1975, lot 256.
With The Antique Porcelain Company, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 4 December 1975.
Mrs. Charles E. Dunlap, née Phyllis I. Pollak, The Elms, Newport; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 3-6 December 1975, lot 256.
With The Antique Porcelain Company, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 4 December 1975.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Seigel
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections
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