CHANDELIER

in champlevé enamel on copper, the large hollow conical spade emerges from the middle of a hexagonal base with six cut sides in champlevé enamel and gilding. At the base of each face is a half-pastille cut from copper and gilded. Three enamelled heraldic motifs are repeated twice on the base: Gules (red), a crown Or surmounted in chief by two florets and in base by two foliate scrolls all Or / Or, three fesses Vert (green), a pale Argent (white) / Azure (blue), a fleur-de-lys in full bloom Or. Limoges, late 13th century. Total height: 22 cm - Height of spike: 18.6 cm - Width at foot: 11 cm (Wear, visible deformations, minor accidents and enamel restorations) BIBLIOGRAPHY - Anne-Clothilde Dumargne, "Les chandeliers et pique-cierges portatifs à décors émaillés de Limoges des XIIIe-XIVe siècles" in Cahiers LandArc, 2016 - N°18. The coat of arms "fess Or and Vert, overall a pale Argent" is repeated twice, to be related to the coat of arms of the House of Crussol (formerly Bastet), the pale Argent perhaps representing a cadet's blazon. Comparable candlesticks can be found in the Walter Art Museum [N°44.596], the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg [N°HG 3499] and the Musée des Beaux-Art in Limoges [N°463 and 464]. According to Anne-Clothilde Dumargne, this candlestick typoligy has long caused enamel specialists to hesitate about their status and use. The removable configuration of some preserved examples and the almost systematically heraldic decoration naturally led to the conclusion that they were used individually, and probably domestically rather than religiously...