Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 1750s.
The candlesticks well cast in the Rococo manner. The lift out drip pans and vase shaped candle holders covered with enfolding leaves. The columns twisting and tapering decorated with entwining leaves and flowers, above broadly circular bases, decorated in high relief with butterflies and beetles, amongst fruits, flowers and leaves and shells.
The whole very well detailed, chased and with unusual mounts.
Date c 1770.
Height 11 inches, diameter 6 inches.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 1750s.
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Pair of 18th C Rococo Candlesticks
