Lot Essay
See the similar candelabra with Diana from the collection of the late Anthony de Rothschild sold in these Rooms on 30 June 1986, lot 1 (part).
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CIRCA 1760-1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO TWO, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK TO ONE, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS
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Four Meissen three-light candelabra
Circa 1760-1765, blue crossed swords mark to two, blue crossed swords and dot mark to one, various incised marks
One with Diana, wearing a white tunic, with a quiver of arrows suspended from a pink ribbon, holding a bow in her left hand, two of her hunting hounds at her feet, the others with Spring wearing a white tunic and smelling a posy of flowers in her left hand, all seated on tree-stumps before scrolling intertwined flowering branches supporting three foliate nozzles, issuing from scroll-moulded mound bases on four feet (extensively damaged and restored)
Approximately 14 in. (36 cm.) high (4)
Circa 1760-1765, blue crossed swords mark to two, blue crossed swords and dot mark to one, various incised marks
One with Diana, wearing a white tunic, with a quiver of arrows suspended from a pink ribbon, holding a bow in her left hand, two of her hunting hounds at her feet, the others with Spring wearing a white tunic and smelling a posy of flowers in her left hand, all seated on tree-stumps before scrolling intertwined flowering branches supporting three foliate nozzles, issuing from scroll-moulded mound bases on four feet (extensively damaged and restored)
Approximately 14 in. (36 cm.) high (4)