A pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted candlesticks

Juste-Aurèle Meissonier

A pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted candlesticks

EACH WITH ASYMMETRICALLY-CAST URN-SHAPED NOZZLE AND FOLIATE SCROLLED STEM, FANKED BY A PLAYFUL PUTTO ON A CHANNELLED ROCKWORK CSCROLL AND FOLIATE-CAST SHAPED SPREADING BASE, ORIGINALLY WITH DRIP-PANS.

This model is supposed to be created by Meissonier for a royal event, the birth of the third Louis XV daughter Marie Louise and Maria Lezinska, the 28 July 1728.

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A North Italian Fruitwood On Ebony Microcarving Miniature

A North Italian fruitwood, walnut, ebony , boxwood, tulipwood and kingwood microcarving portrait relief miniature attributed to Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), depicting a standing Mars with cuirass, feathered helmet and sword, holding a spear with his right and a shield on his left hand.

An Italian Florentine marble, hard stones and pietre tenere panel of the the Gran Ducal workshop, depicting a part of a tower fortification sea with a red flag and a small boat with a figure.

Un’importante coppia di candelabri del Barocchetto torinese in bronzo cesellato e dorato al mercurio.