Live Auction 21051The Collection of Lord & Lady Weinstock
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV CANDLESTICKS
Lot 160

A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF GILLES GOUEL, PARIS, 1719

Closed22 November 2022

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GBP 20,000–30,000

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF GILLES GOUEL, PARIS, 1719
In the Régence style, each on octagonal domed base and with baluster stem with classical portrait medallions at the shoulders, with vase shaped sockets, cast and chased with panels of diaperwork and cornucopia on a matted ground, the bases each engraved with a crest, marked on underside and on foot-rim of three
83/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
78 oz. (2,427 gr.)
The crest is that of Tenison.

The Tenison family, of Kilronan Castle, co. Rosscommon, by descent to,
Florence Margaret Christina King-Tenison (1845-1907), wife of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Newcomen King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (1848-1896), by descent to,
Barclay King-Tenison, 11th Earl of Kingston (1943-2002),
The Earl of Kingston; Christie's, London, 16 June 1967, lot 187 (£250 to Rossi).
With S. J. Phillips Ltd., London.