An exceptional gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain nine-light chandelier, the shaft and arms modelled by J.J. Kändler, circa 1739/40, and probably mounted in Berlin in the mid-18th Century.

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

July 5, 02:27 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

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Property of a European Collector

An exceptional gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain nine-light chandelier, the shaft and arms modelled by J.J. Kändler, circa 1739/40, and probably mounted in Berlin in the mid-18th Century.

the central porcelain section with parrots from which issue branches terminating in drip-pans and nozzles, above a baluster hexagonal-section lower part with a baldachin above three laughing pagoda figures, each issuing two scrolling branches terminating with birds supporting drip-pans and nozzles, adapted from a candelabrum,pierced for electricity

approx. 83cm. high, 40cm. wide; 2ft.¾in., 1ft. 3¾in.

Probably made for Johann Christian, Graf von Hennicke (1681-1752);
Leopold (1845-1917) and Marie de Rothschild (1862-1937), Gunnersbury Park, Acton;
Removed to Exbury House, Hampshire circa 1920;
Thence by descent in the Rothschild family at Exbury;
Christie’s, London, The Collector, 12 November 2020, lot 21;
where acquired by the present owner.

The Rothshild Archive, The Estate of the late Leopold de Rothschild, Esq: Gunnersbury House, Acton. Estate duty Inventory and Valuation, (Knight, Frank and Rutley, London). November 1917 (000/400/6), p. 183, “A Dresden china chandelier with 6 [porcelain] branches fitted electric candles £150.0.0”.

An exceptional gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain nine-light chandelier, the shaft and arms modelled by J.J. Kä﻿ndler, circa 1739/40, and probably mounted in Berlin in the mid-18th Century.

An exceptional gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain nine-light chandelier, the shaft and arms modelled by J.J. Kändler, circa 1739/40, and probably mounted in Berlin in the mid-18th Century.