A pair of ormolu candlesticks mounted with Meissen porcelain figures of children in costumes
A pair of ormolu candlesticks mounted with Meissen porcelain figures of children in costumes
The girl dressed as Columbine, the boy in Turkish costume, standing on pierced ormolu plinths before floral candle nozzles and wire stems mounted with porcelain flowers. Unglazed bases, the girl with faint blue crossed swords mark and engraved no. 24. Her head reattached, restorations to the fingers and the tip of one foot. H 19.5 and 20.5 cm.
Models by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1750s.
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A pair of ormolu candlesticks mounted with Meissen porcelain figures of children in costumes
The girl dressed as Columbine, the boy in Turkish costume, standing on pierced ormolu plinths before floral candle nozzles and wire stems mounted with porcelain flowers. Unglazed bases, the girl with faint blue crossed swords mark and engraved no. 24. Her head reattached, restorations to the fingers and the tip of one foot. H 19.5 and 20.5 cm.
Models by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1750s.
