CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, ONE WITH INCISED MODEL NO. C.115 AND PAINTER'S IRON-RED 14, THE OTHER WITH A GILT 2.

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TWO MONUMENTAL MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED SIX-LIGHT CANDELABRA
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, ONE WITH INCISED MODEL NO. C.115 AND PAINTER'S IRON-RED 14, THE OTHER WITH A GILT 2.
EACH EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENTS, SURMOUNTED BY A PUTTO HOLDING A TORCH AND TAMING A DRAGON, ABOVE SIX S-SHAPED CANDLE-ARMS ISSUING FOLIATE NOZZLES AND DRIP-PANS, THE VARI-BALUSTER STEM APPLIED WITH MORNING-GLORIES, ROSES AND OTHER FLORA CENTERING PAINTED BOUQUETS, THE TRIPARTITE BASE APPLIED WITH THREE PUTTI, EACH HOLDING AN ELEMENTAL ATTRIBUTE, ABOVE A ROCAILLE-MOULDED SCROLL FOOT
33½ IN. (84.4 CM.) HIGH (2)

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SEE AGELA TECCE, IL MUSEO PIGNATELLI DE NAPOLI, 1994, P. 101, INV. 467, FOR A SIMILAR EXAMPLE AT THE VILLA PIGNATELLI. THE VILLA WAS FORMERLY THE HOME OF ROTHSCHILD FAMILY (1841-1867), THEN THE RESIDENCE OF GOVERNOR DIEGO ARAGONA PIGNATELLI CORTES, WHOSE WIDOW WILLED TO THE PROPERTY TO THE STATE.

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