A pair of Meissen figural candelabra, 19thC,
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A pair of Meissen figural candelabra, circa 1870
Modelled by Ernst August Leuteritz as a lady playing the recorder and a gentleman playing the bagpipes, a sheep and dog at their feet, fitted each with a three-arm candle-holder modelled as flower encrusted branches, the rococo bases in pink and green picked out in gold, 51cm high, crossed swords in underglaze-blue, double cancellation marks, she with incised model number F156, impressed 70 and painted 12 in iron red, he with incised model number F155 and 12 in iron red (one tree broken and restored, one sconce broken off and restored, various chips and losses to the extremities) (4)
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
€2,300 - 3,500
US$ 3,000 - 4,500

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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