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Lot 112

A very rare pair of white saltglaze candlesticks, circa 1760-70

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17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare pair of white saltglaze candlesticks, circa 1760-70

Probably Staffordshire, press-moulded in rococo style with the 'barleycorn' or 'seed' pattern, the foot with six panels edged with acanthus leaves and scrolls, the stem and tall nozzle with three panels within acanthus-moulded borders, 24.6cm high (restoration to nozzles, one restored below nozzle) (2)

Footnotes

A candlestick of the same form at Winterthur is illustrated by Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson, White Salt-Glazed Stoneware (2005), p.57. fig.56 and a similar pair at Temple Newsam by Peter Walton, see the Catalogue (1976), p.32, no.56. A similar candlestick base was excavated on the Whieldon site in Staffordshire but the 'barleycorn' pattern has also been found in Yorkshire

Saleroom notices

Please note that the nozzles are not restored although one is cracked and chipped.

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