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A pair of Chamberlain's Worcester candlesticks
CIRCA 1800, GILT SCRIPT MARKS
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A pair of Chamberlain's Worcester candlesticks Circa 1800, gilt script marks
The cylindrical stems painted with an iron-red band gilt with stylised flowerheads within a yellow ground diamond-shaped cartouches flanked by black semi-circles, beneath rectangular panels painted with stylised ornament, above flower-sprays, a band of foliage and foliate sprigs, the square spreading foot painted with a similar iron-red band above gilt rectangular panels (one with restored rim chip)
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain's Worcester Porcelain (London, 1982), p. 270, for a two pot-pourri vases and a bough-pot painted in iron-red and gilt with a similar pattern.