A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCA 1755, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN FLOWERS MOSTLY FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
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Price Realised GBP 13,860
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GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCA 1755, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN FLOWERS MOSTLY FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCA 1755, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN FLOWERS MOSTLY FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY AND LATERA PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRAEstimate: GBP 6,000 - 8,000
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Overall in good decorative order. The figure in green robes - his hat broken and restored, with overpainting visible. Possibly lacking objects to his hands. Chipping and losses to applied leaves and flowers. The porcelain flowers to the ormolu branches with inevitable chipping, losses and restoration. The figure in flowered robes - restoration and overpainting to hat, his neck stuck in place, with old discoloured glue visible. The figure appears to have originally had an articulated / nodding head, and this has been secured in place. The porcelain flowers to the ormolu branches with inevitable chipping, losses and restoration. Not inspected without mounts.
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Lot 33Sale 21906
THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCA 1755, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN FLOWERS MOSTLY FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY AND LATERA PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRAEstimate: GBP 6,000 - 8,000
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