A PAIR OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN III PÉNICAUD, MID-16TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LIMOGES ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN III PÉNICAUD, MID-16TH CENTURY
parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; probably representing a banquet scene and a battle scene; one with the paper label inscribed 'P.48 / 352'
9 in. (22.5 cm.) high
8 in. (20 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Collection Rothschild.
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of France after May 1940 (ERR no. R 3868 and R 3869).
Transferred to Germany.
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP no. 398/24).
Returned to France on 23 May 1946 and restituted to the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.

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