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    European Ceramics and Glass Including the Property of a Collector

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    31 March 2008

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    • A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) CANDLE-S
    Lot 181

    A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) CANDLE-SNUFFER

    CIRCA 1800

    Price realised

    GBP 1,125

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) CANDLE-SNUFFER
    CIRCA 1800
    Of conical form surmounted by a gilt fruiting finial, painted with pink flowers and green buds above the inscription Gute Nacht. in black script and a guilloche-moulded footrim, the reverse with an arched angular handle with channelled sides (slight flaking to gilding)
    3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high

    Provenance

    With Rudigier, Munich.

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