Live Auction 19983The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Palm Beach
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 34

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

IN THE MANNER OF JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONIER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed30 March 2021

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
IN THE MANNER OF JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONIER, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With campana form nozzles and leaf drip pans, Ford Inventory Numbers Q-2-a and Q-2-b, respectively
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, 9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The Rococo style curves and scrolls of these candelabra are based on a design by Juste-Aurle Meissonnier (c. 1693-1750). Meissonnier's engraved designs for this model were first published circa 1750 in Paris (D. Nyberg, Meissonnier: An Eighteenth-Century Maverick, New York, 1969, fol. 32, no. M/74).