A PAIR OF MEISSEN GILT-METAL MOUNTED THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND PRESSNUMMER 53 TO EACH, INITIALLY MODELLED BY J.J. KDÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN FOR 'THE SWAN SERVICE'R

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN GILT-METAL MOUNTED THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark and Pressnummer 53 to each,
initially modelled by J.J. Kdändler and J.F. Eberlein for 'The Swan Service'R
Each modelled as Acis seated on the back of a dolphin beside a palm tree enriched in green extending into three branches terminating in candle nozzles, a nereid gazing adoringly up at him at the right, two baby tritons swimming around her, the whole raised on a tripartite base moulded with shells and blank cartouches enriched in gilt
19¾in. (50cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the model as part of the impressive service made for Count Bruhl, see Dr. Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanen service: Meissener porzellan für Heïnrich Graf von Brühl, Exhibition Catalogue, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Porzellansammlung, 6 May - 15 August 2000, no. 40.

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