After Juste-Aurele Meissonnier (French 1695-1750). A large pair of Louis XV style ormolu...

After Juste-Aurele Meissonnier (French 1695-1750). A large pair of Louis XV style ormolu candlesticks, each with a detachable sconce above a stem decorated with three putti and cartouches with eagles, sun and font motifs, on a fluted leaf and shell Rococo base, drilled for electricity, mid 19th or earlier, 33.5cm high. (2)

See The Wallace Collection (F74 West Gallery II) for a similar pair of ormolu candlesticks attributed to designs by Meissonnier that feature in his 'Oeuvre' but are dated to the mid 19th century.