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    Sale 5409

    The Sunday Sale - Property of Mrs. Gwen Pethick; Property of a Gentleman and Property of a Gentleman removed from Seisdon Hall, South Staffordshire.

    London, South Kensington

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    16 March 2008

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    • A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURAL THRE
    Lot 33

    A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURAL THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA

    LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND INCISED NUMERALS

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    GBP 1,375

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURAL THREE-BRANCH CANDELABRA
    LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND INCISED NUMERALS
    Each with a young boy and girl with attributes allegorical of summer and autumn - summer with the girl garlanded and playing a lute, the boy seated on a sheaf of corn; autumn with the boy beside a basket of grapes playing the pipe, the girl seated on a ram with a branch of fruting vine, before a scrolling column supporting a nozzle and flower-encrusted branches
    19 in. (48.3 cm) high overall (2)

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    This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage


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