Live Auction 3479An American Dynasty: The Clark Family Treasures
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Lot 52

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANCOIS REMOND, THE DESIGN BY J.-D. DUGOURC

Closed18 June 2014

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANCOIS REMOND, THE DESIGN BY J.-D. DUGOURC
Each modeled with lion's-mask urn nozzle supported by three female caryatids, the undersides variously numbered
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high (2)

Acquired from French & Company, New York, 10 June 1935.

Specialist note

These candlesticks are based on a design attributed to Jean-Demosthène Dugourc (1749-1825) and included in an album of designs delivered to Madame Elizabeth and the comte de Provence. This related model is first recorded on 26 June 1783, when the ciseleur-fondeur François Rémond invoiced the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre 'Pour fonte, façon et dorure mate d'une pare de grands flambeaux à 4 figures et à guirlandes et fleur, etc 1050 livres', pointing to the likelihood of this model of candlestick having been originally supplied through Daguerre.