A SWANSEA CANDLE-SNUFFER painted by William Pollard with sprays of flowers and strawberries, comprising a rectangular tray with richly gilt foliate scroll handle and two conical snuffers with gilt knob finials and later giltmetal scroll handles (the tray with minute chip to one angle, one snuffer with small crack to rim, the other with firing crack to upper part), circa 1820
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A SWANSEA CANDLE-SNUFFER painted by William Pollard with sprays of flowers and strawberries, comprising a rectangular tray with richly gilt foliate scroll handle and two conical snuffers with gilt knob finials and later giltmetal scroll handles (the tray with minute chip to one angle, one snuffer with small crack to rim, the other with firing crack to upper part), circa 1820
the tray 10cm. wide
Lot Essay
For a similar example painted by the same hand see W.D. John, op. cit., col. pl. 13A