A pair of ormolu candlesticks mounted with Meissen porcelain figures of children in costumes - image-1

Lot 680 Dα

A pair of ormolu candlesticks mounted with Meissen porcelain figures of children in costumes

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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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.