CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PROBABLY MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND F.E. MEYER

Details

A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF WATER
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PROBABLY MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND F.E. MEYER
Each modeled with putti, one pair with a crayfish, the other with a fish
10 7/8 in. (17.6 cm.) high

Provenance

With J. Rochelle Thomas, London.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1936-48.
Winthrop Rockefeller, 1958-73.
The Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, acquired August 1974.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 122, no. 130.

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