A PAIR OF CHELSEA BOCAGE CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF FALL AND SPRING
A PAIR OF CHELSEA BOCAGE CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF FALL AND SPRING

CIRCA 1765, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS

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A PAIR OF CHELSEA BOCAGE CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF FALL AND SPRING
Circa 1765, gold anchor marks
Each modelled with a candle nozzle rising from the back of a bocage growing from a fence, raised on a four-footed rocaille-moulded base, a banner painted with moths and other insects applied at the front, Fall with a fox and vixen before the bocage of grape clusters, Spring as a hound bringing down a fox before the bopcage of apple blossoms, a cat perched just below the candle nozzle
11 7/8in. (30.2cm.) high (2)
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These Chelsea candlesticks are being offered not subject to a reserve.

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