Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property of a Midwestern Collector
A Pair of Louis XV Gilt-Bronze and Meissen Porcelain Three-Branch Candelabra, Mid-18th Century, The Meissen Figures, Circa 1755
Lot Closed
April 4, 03:12 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Pair of Louis XV Gilt-Bronze and Meissen Porcelain Three-Branch Candelabra, Mid-18th Century, The Meissen Figures, Circa 1755
Modelled with a shepherd and shepherdess attired in colorful 18th century dress, each flanked by a recumbent sheep at their feet and scrolled molded bases, mounted on pierced circular gilt-bronze bases with C-scrolls and flowers issuing three flowering candle branches with with foliate drippans and nozzles
height 13 3/4 in.; width 11 ¼ in.
35 cm; 28.5 cm
The Collector: European Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramics, Christie’s London, 13 November 2018, Sale 16221, lot 232 (27,750 GBP)
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.