In the Rococo style, comprising: a centerpiece bowl with figural base and a pair of figural candlesticks with later sockets supporting later four-light branches, each reticulated shaped circular base chased with rocaille resting on three scroll feet, the feet of the centerpiece headed by human masks in shells, its stem formed as a nymph riding a centaur with a putto looking on at their feet, the centaur supporting a boat-shaped rocaille openwork basket with foliage, butterflies, and applied garlands surmounted by a youthful Triton to one side and a pair of birds on the other side, with a later gilt-metal liner, the figural stems of the candlesticks formed as Pan and Venus, marked on bases and with later Austrian import marks for Linz
29¹⁄₂ in. (74.9 cm.) high
278 oz. 16 dwt. (8,671 gr.) weighable silver

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 April 1998, lot 145.