A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
THE PORCELAIN AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KNDLER
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
The porcelain after a model by J.J. Kndler
Each with a pug dog standing on a pierced foliate base and below a flowering branch with a fluted nozzle and foliate drip-pan, the bases stamped with the C couronn poinon, the porcelain with restorations
5 in. (13 cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
The C couronn poinon was a tax mark employed in France between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.