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CIRCA 1760, INCISED S TO THE UNDERSIDE
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A BOW FIGURE GROUP OF A BIRD FAMILY
Circa 1760, incised S to the underside
Conceived as a chamberstick, the candle nozzle never applied, a branch handle at the back with flower-thumb rest, modelled as a male and female perched in branches, above fledglings in a nest and trailing flowering vine, the pink-enriched base with a recumbent lamb
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high (2)
Circa 1760, incised S to the underside
Conceived as a chamberstick, the candle nozzle never applied, a branch handle at the back with flower-thumb rest, modelled as a male and female perched in branches, above fledglings in a nest and trailing flowering vine, the pink-enriched base with a recumbent lamb
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Mrs. Harrison Williams, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 22 May 1952, lot 67
With Philip Suval, New York, 1952
With Philip Suval, New York, 1952