D’après Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier Paire de flambeaux en bronze ciselé et doré dans le style Louis XV Circa 1880
An interesting and decorative pair of beautiful ormolu candlesticks, richly chiseled with shell motifs in the Rococo style. In the centre of the shaft are three reserves in the form of coats of arms with, above them, three figures of children carrying the candle wick.
A fine French work in the Louis XV style, made around 1880, based on the candlesticks created by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier for Louis XV and kept in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum.
The model for these torches is said to have been designed by Meissonnier for the birth of the Dauphin in 1729.
Sizes : H 10.69 Inches - D 5.51 Inches.
In fine original condition.
Juste Aurèle MeissonnierJuste Aurèle Meissonnier, goldsmith, designer, sculptor and architect, was born in Turin. The son of a French silversmith with whom he began his career, his creations were soon appreciated by the high nobility and the European courts, and he worked for the French Court and the Portuguese Court, as evidenced by the project for a silver throne for King D. Joao V, as well as for the English and Polish aristocracy.
