拍品专文
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, op. cit., p.206, pl. 233, and a similar pair sold in these Rooms, 20 June 1977, lot 163
细节
A PAIR OF BOW CANDLESTICK-FIGURES
Circa 1765
The supports modelled as cherubs with hounds at their sides pursuing birds among flowering foliage, surmounted by pierced scroll-moulded nozzles, on scroll bases (one candlestick broken and repaired with cracked nozzle and chips to flowers and foliage, the other with restored nozzle and damages to flowers and foliage), iron-red anchor and dagger marks
9 1/2in. (24.5cm.) high (2)
Circa 1765
The supports modelled as cherubs with hounds at their sides pursuing birds among flowering foliage, surmounted by pierced scroll-moulded nozzles, on scroll bases (one candlestick broken and repaired with cracked nozzle and chips to flowers and foliage, the other with restored nozzle and damages to flowers and foliage), iron-red anchor and dagger marks
9 1/2in. (24.5cm.) high (2)