Lot Essay
According to legend young pelicans flap their wings so violently that they are killed by their father. The mother bird then pierces her own breast and revives the young with her own blood.
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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED GILTWOOD CANDLESTICKS
19TH CENTURY
Later adapted as table lamps, the tapering acanthus clasped columnar shafts on triform bases each modelled with a pelican in her piety, on lion paw feet
19in. (48.2cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY
Later adapted as table lamps, the tapering acanthus clasped columnar shafts on triform bases each modelled with a pelican in her piety, on lion paw feet
19in. (48.2cm.) high (2)
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