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MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY JACINTO CARRERAS, BARCELONA, 2ND QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY
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A SPANISH SILVER CHINOISERIE FIGURAL CHAMBER CANDLESTICK
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY JACINTO CARRERAS, BARCELONA, 2ND QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY
The central Chinaman with long dangly moustache, breeches and turned-up points to his slippers, holding aloft a torchère in one hand and cradling a parasol in the other, standing on domed circular base centred by a large flower-head, the extinguisher in form of a lantern with openwork sides (the cover acting as an extinguisher), the bifurcated, foliate-pierced handle terminating in two dolphins flanking a swan, the sides of base chased and partially pierced, on four openwork supports, the torchère, parasol and lantern cover each with small bells dependent
7 ½ in. high (19 cm.)
12 oz. (372 gm.)
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY JACINTO CARRERAS, BARCELONA, 2ND QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY
The central Chinaman with long dangly moustache, breeches and turned-up points to his slippers, holding aloft a torchère in one hand and cradling a parasol in the other, standing on domed circular base centred by a large flower-head, the extinguisher in form of a lantern with openwork sides (the cover acting as an extinguisher), the bifurcated, foliate-pierced handle terminating in two dolphins flanking a swan, the sides of base chased and partially pierced, on four openwork supports, the torchère, parasol and lantern cover each with small bells dependent
7 ½ in. high (19 cm.)
12 oz. (372 gm.)
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