LONDON, 1739, MAKER'S MARK ALMOST CERTAINLY THAT OF JOHN HUGH LE SAGE

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
LONDON, 1739, MAKER'S MARK ALMOST CERTAINLY THAT OF JOHN HUGH LE SAGE
Each shaped circular base cast with foliage rocaille and panels of shells on a textured ground, all below a beaded border, with a ribbon tied foliage and rocaille stem and socket, with a detachable nozzle, each marked under base, the nozzles apparently unmarked
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
57 oz. (1,785 gr.) (2)

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Lot Essay

The design for these candlesticks is closely related to the designs of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier(see for example P. Fuhring, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier Un Génie du rococo 1695-1750, Turin, 1999, p.352, no. 77 and no. 78.)

A pair of ormolu candlesticks of the same model, attributed to Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, from the collection of the Marquesses of Hertford are at Wallace House, London (The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, p.1203).

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