A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA CANDLESTICK

IMPRESSED CROWNED MARK FOR M.(ANUEL) MAFRA, CALDAS, CIRCA 1880

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A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA CANDLESTICK
IMPRESSED CROWNED MARK FOR M.(ANUEL) MAFRA, CALDAS, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as monkey climbing a tree-stump, the base applied with mossy frit, on a stepped circular foot
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Katz, Portuguese, p. 55, fig. 58 for a similar pair on non-stepped bases.

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