Null Gilt bronze torch (wear) after Just-Aurèle Meissonnier, decorated with chil…

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Gilt bronze torch (wear) after Just-Aurèle Meissonnier, decorated with children, cartouches and foliage, resting on a contoured base. Louis XV style, 19th century. H : 27 cm

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Gilt bronze torch (wear) after Just-Aurèle Meissonnier, decorated with children, cartouches and foliage, resting on a contoured base. Louis XV style, 19th century. H : 27 cm

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Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

A French gilt-bronze candlestick converted to a lamp, In the style of Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, French, 1695-1750, late 19th century, The spirally-cast stem with asymmetrical C-scrolls, the base with flowers and rocaille, later adapted with woven shade, 45cm high excl. fitment It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that electrical items are professionally rewired for use.

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 EUR

Juste-Aurèle MEISSONNIER (1695-1750) after Rare pair of Louis XV period torches in one-piece cast bronze, finely annealed and gilded with very rich Rocaille decoration of stylized acanthus leaves and clasps. Triangular base with umbilicus. Missing bobèches. Circa 1740 H. 28.5 and 29 cm. Weight 2540 and 2560 g Provenance: Collection of the Barons de Wismes. Juste Aurèle MEISSONNIER, received his master's degree in Paris in 1724, and was appointed architect-draftsman of the King's Chamber and Cabinet at the special request of King Louis XV, then aged 14. He was the great initiator of the Rococo style. Our model, very similar to the drawing in the Arts Décoratifs collection in Paris (Fonds Maciet 251/4), is also close to the so-called duc de Kingston model (with butterfly), with a few variations. Meissonnier's original drawings were engraved by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772) and published in the Douzième Livre des œuvres de J. A. Meissonnier: Livre de lustres de sculpture en argent (1734-1735). The design, incorporating shells, sprays of flowers and even a butterfly in a swirl of movement, became very popular and was executed in silver and gilded bronze. Comparative examples in public collections: - Metropolitan Museum, New York, For a pair of a similar model carracci ) - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, For a pair of a similar model (2021.373.1,2) Comparative examples from public sales: -BUKOWSKIS, Stockholm, December 4, 2015 No. 1255 for a pair of a similar model. Comparative bibliography on the subject: - FUHRING Peter, OTTOMEYER H., PRÖSCHEL P., Vergoldete Bronzes, Munich 1986, volume I, p. 104, 2.1.5 and 6. - BOURNE Jonathan BRETT Vanessa, Lighting in the Domestic Interior Renaissance to Art Nouveau, p. 62.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

PAIR OF FLAMBEAUX in gilt bronze, the fluted shaft decorated with pearl friezes. Early 19th century. H: 27 cm. Wear, one screw thread to be tightened.

PAIR OF FLAMBEAUX in gilt bronze. Louis XV period. H. 24.5 cm. Wear and tear.

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