A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS TURQUOISE-GROUND CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS TURQUOISE-GROUND CANDLESTICKS

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS TURQUOISE-GROUND CANDLESTICKS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the Japonisme taste, each of baluster form, the neck moulded with acanthus leaves, flanked by winged putti herm handles, painted with either trees in a misty setting or a harbour scene within a gilt quatrefoil surround amid further mons and gilt flowering branches or bamboo, the reverse with a bright blue or red ground oblong octagonal panel, on a conforming socle and spreading base raised on four foliate strapwork feet
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high (2)

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