Bronze And Sheet Metal Chandelier With Branch Decor And Meissen Porcelain, Late 18th Century

A bronze and green lacquered sheet metal chandelier decorated with branches and Meissen porcelain, late 18th-century

A delightful ormolu, iron and painted sheet metal chandelier with eight arms decorated with foliage and polychrome Meissen porcelain flowers; the ormolu base decorated with pine cones; the ormolu binnacles and bobèches decorated with foliage.

Elegant and decorative French work from the late 18th century or early 19th century circa 1790-1800.

Sizes: H 23.62 Inches. - D 31.49 Inches.

Our chandelier is in fine condition. It has been wired for electricity to European standards and can be upgraded to American standards on request.

Meissen porcelain or Saxon porcelain:

The name Saxon porcelain covers the products of several German factories in the Saxony region from the early 18th century onwards, using the process discovered and perfected in 1709 by the chemist Frédéric Böttger. This hard porcelain uses kaolin, which comes from the kaolinite mines northwest of the town of Meissen.
The Royal Manufactory of Meissen, founded in 1710 by Auguste le Fort, is the best known.