Lot no. 12
CHANDELIER in champlevé enamel on copper, the large conical spike rising from the middle of a hexagonal base with six cut sides champlevé enamel and gilding. At the base of each side is a half-pastille cut out of the copper and gilded. Three enamelled enamelled heraldic motifs are repeated each twice on the base: Gules (red) a crown Or surmounted in chief of two fleurons and in base two scrolls Or / Or three fess Vert (green), a pale Argent (white) / Azure (blue) a fleur-de-lys in full bloom Or. Limoges, late 13th century. Total height: 22 cm - Height of spike: 18.6 cm - Width at foot: 11 cm (Wear, visible deformations, small accidents and restorations to the enamel) BIBLIOGRAPHY - Anne-Clothilde Dumargne, "Les chandeliers et pique-cierges portatifs à décors émaillés de Limoges des XIIIe - XIVe siècles" in Cahiers LandArc, 2016 - N°18. The coat of arms "fess Or and Vert, overall a pale Argent which is to be compared with the arms of the the coat of arms of the House of Crussol (formerly Bastet), the silver pale perhaps representing a cadet's blazon.
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05/28/2024
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