A pair of Portugese Palissy-style candlestick groups

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A pair of Portugese Palissy-style candlestick groups
Jose A. Cunha, Caldas da Rainha, each modelled with a lizard, monkey, hare, and two dogs and a dog and cat respectively in a cart driven by a frog seated by insects, before branch-moulded stems surmounted by leaf-moulded nozzles on shaped oval bases, impressed mark circa 1890 (damages and restoration) -- 26cm. long
See colour plate 4 (2)

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