A pair of gilt bronze three branch candelabra (girandoles)
based on a design by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750)
Paris, Louis XV period, c. 1745
H. 44 cm (17¼ in.), w. 32 cm (12⅝ in.)
Provenance
New York, Nelson A. Rockefeller collection
REF No. 360-
Pair of Louis XVI candelabra -
An ormolu mounted Chinese turquoise porcelain encrier -
Two figures of the series of the "Cris de Paris" mounted as three-branch candelabra -
A pair of three branch candelabra with 'bouquetière' figures -
A pair of seated Chinese figures mounted in gilt bronze as candelabra -
Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706 - 1775) A gilt-bronze pendulum clock with two Meissen parrots. Porcelain, models by Johann Joachim Kaendler, prior to 1740 and 1741. Manufacture and decoration, Meissen, c. 1742-45. Clock case, France, Louis XV period, c. 1750. Dial and movement signed 'Bellard Amarseille'