A PAIR OF UNUSUAL VIENNA PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS (2)
19th century
Of inverted trumpet form, each raised on three gilt paw feet and circular green and gilt base, painted in Limoges enamels style with sphinxes, griffins and grotesques against a black ground, blue painted shield mark, impressed 811, 20.5cm high
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£200 - £300
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Hammer price:
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£550 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Each with some chips, mostly small, around the edge of the drip pan. One candlestick has a very fine haircrack/glaze crack to the rim of the nozzle and a shallow chip around the top edge of the base, approx. 1cm by 0.7cm. The other candlestick with three shallow chips to the underside of the footrim, the largest approx. 1cm. by 0.5cm. Some minor wear to the gilding overall
