TWO MEISSEN CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF SUMMER AND WINTER
TWO MEISSEN CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF SUMMER AND WINTER

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED MODEL NOS. 1255. AND 2547., IMPRESSED 39 AND 14 TO ONE, IRON-RED 4. TO THE OTHER, AFTER THE MODELS BY C.K. BUTLER

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TWO MEISSEN CANDLESTICKS EMBLEMATIC OF SUMMER AND WINTER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED MODEL NOS. 1255. AND 2547., IMPRESSED 39 AND 14 TO ONE, IRON-RED 4. TO THE OTHER, AFTER THE MODELS BY C.K. BUTLER
Each modeled as a foliate nozzle and drip-pan emerging from a rocaille-molded stem, the rocky base applied with either Summer holding a sheaf of wheat or Winter warming himself by a fire, each attended by a putto, the footrim molded with a guilloche band
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high (2)

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