A Limoges style enamelled candlestick - image-1

Lot 745 Dα

A Limoges style enamelled candlestick

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.500 €

A Limoges style enamelled candlestick

Baroque form copper candlestick on an octagonal base decorated with four enamel medallions depicting a coat-of-arms and three demi-figures labelled "ADONIS", "LAVORE" and "CEPHALE". H 14.6 cm.
Attributed to Samson, Paris, second half 19th C.

Literature

Cf. a similar early pair of candlesticks in Netzer, Maleremails aus Limoges. Der Bestand des Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseums, Berlin 1999, no. 25, inv. no.. K 5130/K 5131.