Lot 305
8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,800 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA pair of Barr Flight and Barr small candlesticks
circa 1805
of cylindrical form with spreading feet and gilded serpent handles, painted with upright rectangular figural panels, one with a fisherman leaning on a rustic fence, the other with a lady carrying a package on her head, a young boy at her side, reserved on a blue ground gilt with vermicelli, 8.7cm, impressed crown and BFB marks, script marks referring to Royal patronage (one with a few minute chips to underside of rim, some slight wear to gilding) (2)
of cylindrical form with spreading feet and gilded serpent handles, painted with upright rectangular figural panels, one with a fisherman leaning on a rustic fence, the other with a lady carrying a package on her head, a young boy at her side, reserved on a blue ground gilt with vermicelli, 8.7cm, impressed crown and BFB marks, script marks referring to Royal patronage (one with a few minute chips to underside of rim, some slight wear to gilding) (2)