Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 183
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU ROCOCO CANDLESTICK AFTER A DESIGN BY JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONIER
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU ROCOCO CANDLESTICK
AFTER A DESIGN BY JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONIER, C.1745
modelled with a cherub supporting a rocaille decorated stem, with a detachable drip-pan, on a pierced 'C' scroll and rocaille base
20.5cm high
Provenance
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918)
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House
Catalogue Note
Juste-Aurele Meissonier(1695-1750) was the leading and most extravagant pioneer of the Rococo style. He was born in Italy, the son of a silversmith and sculptor, but moved to Paris to work for the Royal Gobelins Manufactory. He received his warrant as master goldsmith from Louis XV in 1724. Described by one of his contemporaries as an 'unruly genius, and what's more, spoilt by Italy', he produced designs for chairs, tables, lanterns, candlesticks, clocks and even crucifixes.
A closely related pair of candlesticks is in the Wallace Collection, London and illustrated in the Wallace Collection Catalogues, 1956, p.21, nos. F78-79. A pair of almost identical candlesticks from the collection of the late Sir Jasper and Lady More of Linley Hall, Shropshire, was sold by Christie's, The Collector, 15th November 2017, lot 239 for £17,500 (including fees).