The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 140
A 19TH CENTURY GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICK
Estimate £150 - £200
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Description
A 19TH CENTURY GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, IN THE ROCOCO-REVIVAL MANNER, AFTER JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONNIER (FRENCH, TURIN 1695-1750 PARIS)
designed with asymmetrical bold leafy-scrolls wrapping the socket, baluster-shaped stem and raised circular base, no less than 19 foundry patches have been counted on this finely cast candlestick
23.9cm high
Catalogue Note
For a comparable candlestick by Meissonnier, see the Metropolitan Museum Collection, New York, dated 1735-50, acc. no. 1999.370.1a, b, .2a, b