Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF LOUIS ♓XV GILT BRONZE CHENETS, CIRCA 1745
stamped with the C Couronné mark; slight variation in height
height of taller 20 3/4 in.; heigඣht of shorter 17 1/2 in.; width 17 3/♒4 in.
53 cm; 44.5 cm; 45 cm
The C Couronné poinçon stamp was a tax mark used🐬 in France between 1745𓆏 and 1749, on any alloy containing copper.
Boasting a powerful illusion of motion and drama, these chenets of asymmetric form, epitomise the French rocaille, or Rococo style which emerged during the first half of the 18th century and which flourished during the reign of Louis XV. The quality of chasing would suggest that they were executed by one of the leading bronziers 📖at the time, but due to sparse documentation, it sadly does not allo💎w us to define an attribution.
With intertwined C scrolls, flowers, foliage and spread-winged dragons, the design of these chenets share ornamental elements and movement depicted in an engraving dated 1724-1750, by François Roumier (1701-1748), now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (E.2428-1909) as well as a design by Nicolas Pineau (1684-1754), in particular a drawing of a wall-light, in the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, published in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 66, f🔴ig. 1.9.19. &n꧃bsp;