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A LARGE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT TORCHERES
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A LARGE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT TORCHERES

LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED G. POITEVIN

Fermé21 October 2015

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A LARGE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND SEVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN NINE-LIGHT TORCHERES
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED G. POITEVIN
Each with scrolled candlearms above a finely painted vase depicting dolphins, putti and sea nymphs, above a tripod base with lion's head supports, the porcelain inscribed 547- Grande Torchère- B.., spurious blue interlaced L's marks, the mounts stamped with various letters, electrified
83 in. (211 cm.) high

Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 17 June 1983, lot 252.

Note du spécialiste

Georges Émile Poitevin is recorded as working at rue Saint-Sébastien 9, Paris in the late 19th century. A similar pair of torchères on similar ormolu tripod stands sold Christie's, New York, 28 October 2003, lot 27.