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.
Dimensions : Hauteur bougeoir 27 cm – Diamètre base 14 cm.
In fine original condition.
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695–1750), a goldsmith, designer, sculptor, and architect, was born in Turin. The son of a French goldsmith, he began his career under his father’s tutelage and quickly gained acclaim among European nobility and royal courts. Meissonnier worked for the French and Portuguese courts—most notably designing a silver throne for King D. João V—as well as for the English and Polish aristocracy. His innovative and exuberant designs became emblematic of the Rococo style, influencing decorative arts throughout 18th-century Europe.
