Lot Essay
Cf. L. and Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait figures (London 1987), p.84
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CIRCA 1760, MARKED WITH SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE BACK
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A Meissen candlestick group emblematic of Autumn
Circa 1760, marked with small blue crossed swords to the back
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler as a standing youngster and a seated child, their heads adorned with grapes, holding a bunch of grapes, beside a tree covered in gilt-enriched rocaille scrolls and vine branches with grapes, terminating in a candle nozzle, the bobêche as stiff leaves, on rocaille base (minor small chips and restorations)
28.5cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1760, marked with small blue crossed swords to the back
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler as a standing youngster and a seated child, their heads adorned with grapes, holding a bunch of grapes, beside a tree covered in gilt-enriched rocaille scrolls and vine branches with grapes, terminating in a candle nozzle, the bobêche as stiff leaves, on rocaille base (minor small chips and restorations)
28.5cm. high
See illustration
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