A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA CANDLESTICKS after original models by John Flaxman, the powerful figures with flaxen hair and moustaches, cream-glazed bodies and mottled yellow, green and brown tails, kneeling on similarly coloured rockwork and clasping corn-shaped shells to their chests, their sinuous tails lapping around their legs and the rocks, on waisted circular bases (one with chip to base and repairs and chip to nozzle), impressed marks and date code for 1869

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A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA CANDLESTICKS after original models by John Flaxman, the powerful figures with flaxen hair and moustaches, cream-glazed bodies and mottled yellow, green and brown tails, kneeling on similarly coloured rockwork and clasping corn-shaped shells to their chests, their sinuous tails lapping around their legs and the rocks, on waisted circular bases (one with chip to base and repairs and chip to nozzle), impressed marks and date code for 1869
11½in (29.5cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Cf. Robin Reilly and George Savage, The Dictionary of Wedgwood, p. 342 for an example in black basalt. See also Wolf Mankowitz, Wedgwood, pl. 54. This model was first produced by Wedgwood in basalt and jasper, later in creamware enriched with a silver lustre.

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