A large pair of Staffordshire enamel candlesticks c.1770,...
A large pair of Staffordshire enamel candlesticks c.1770, the lobed bases painted with scenes of sheep amidst trees and Classical ruins, within gilt scroll borders on a white ground, the baluster stems and detachable drip pans decorated with scattered flower sprays, some damages and repairs, 31cm. (4) Provenance: Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009), Exbury House, Hampshire. A pair of candlesticks of the same unusual form was in the Sir William Mullens Collection, Sotheby~s, 22 February 1977, lot 250.
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A large pair of Staffordshire enamel candlesticks c.1770, the lobed bases painted with scenes of sheep amidst trees and Classical ruins, within gilt scroll borders on a white ground, the baluster stems and detachable drip pans decorated with scattered flower sprays, some damages and repairs, 31cm. (4) Provenance: Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009), Exbury House, Hampshire. A pair of candlesticks of the same unusual form was in the Sir William Mullens Collection, Sotheby~s, 22 February 1977, lot 250.