D2570. Pair of Blue and White Candlesticks

Delft, circa 1770

Each marked LPK in blue for De Porceleyne Lampetkan (The Porcelain Ewer) factory

Both modeled in the Louis XV style, with stems resembling tree trunks adorned with C-volutes, surmounted by a leaf-shaped nozzle, and resting on a scrolling, lobed base.

DIMENSIONS
Heights: 22.1 cm. (8.7 in.)

PROVENANCE
The Kitty Valkier-Schreurs Collection, Belgium; Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, 2018;
Ludolphine H. baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Duivenvoorde, the Netherlands; gifted to the grandfather of the owner, re-discovered on Tussen Kunst & Kitsch (Dutch Antiques Roadshow) on May 1st, 2017

EXHIBITIONS
40 Jaar Tussen Kunst en Kitsch (June 4, 2024 – November 3, 2024), Kasteel Ruurlo, Ruurlo, The Netherlands

LITERATURE
Described and illustrated in Aronson 2018, pp. 142- 143, no. 85

NOTE
Like the candles, their holders were also very expensive objects. Candlesticks gave a particular splendor to the parties and ceremonies of wealthy households. For example, candlesticks were placed in front of mirrors in order to increase the intensity of the light in French King Louis XIV’s Hall of Mirrors. Candlesticks of various shapes have been produced in Dutch Delftware since the 1680s. In the eighteenth century, the shape of the candlesticks changed from symmetrical to more complex and elegant shapes. The very imaginative form of these candlesticks shows the contemporary fashion for combining trompe-loeil (or trick the eye) with the rococo style.

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