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Lot 214

A rare Sèvres blue-ground chamber candlestick (bougeoir), dated 1767

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare Sèvres blue-ground chamber candlestick (bougeoir), dated 1767

The bleu-lapis ground band edged with gilt dentil borders, the centre painted with a flower garland and foliate garland, the blue-ground sconce decorated with a gilt scrollwork border, 16.2cm long, interlaced LL monogram in blue enclosing date letter O, indistinguishable painter's mark (minor wear)

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This shape of bougeoir is rather rare. A bleu-céleste example is in the Frick Collection, New York, illustrated in Brunet/T. Préaud, Sèvres - des origines à nos jours (1978), p.157, no. 100, and another in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (accession no. 48.715). Another example was sold in the John Shearer Collection at Christie's London, 25 November 2014, lot 32, and a green-ground one at Christie's Monaco, 16 June 1990, lot 93.

Préaud mentions that candlesticks are unfortunately very vaguely described in the Sèvres archives, so it is impossible to distinguish the different shapes described as ordinaire, ancienne and nouvelle. The prototype for the model in soft-paste biscuit is still kept at the Sèvres manufactory (Brunet/Préaud, ibid., p. 157).

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