Lot n° 204
Estimation :
15000 - 20000
EUR
Important suite of four large candelabras - Lot 204
Important suite of four large candelabras
in polychrome porcelain,
flowers and foliage on a green and violet background.
violet background. They are surmounted by a flame escaping from a dome
a dome resting on a baluster base with scrolled feet.
scrolled feet.
Mid-19th century. Jacob Petit mark in blue.
H. 96 cm - L. 45 cm (restorations)
Provenance: Princess Maria Romanoff
Princess Alexander Romanoff died in New York on September 29
September 2023. She was born Princess Maria Valguarnera di Niscemi
in 1931 in Sicily. She spent her childhood in a palace in Palermo
and moved during the war to attend the Convent of the Sacred_x0002_Core of Overbrook, in Philadelphia before settling in New York. The
Princess Maria married Prince Alexander Nikitich Romanoff, son
son of Prince HH Nikita Alexandrovitch of Russia, in 1971. Better known
as Mimi, she launched a successful jewelry brand under the name
under the name Mimi di N Design, with customers including Jacqueline Onassis
and the Duchess of Windsor. She and her husband were serious
collectors of art and antiques from around the world.
For models by Jacob Petit in the same taste, see the sales at
Sotheby's, Paris, June 30, 2021 sale, Doha / Paris un décor
Princier, lot 385 (a pair sold for €27720); Christie's, New York
York, July 18, 2007 sale, María Félix Collection: La Doña, lots
200, 244 and 245 (for pairs sold respectively for €36,000,
€21,600 and €18,000 respectively)
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