Model R 185 Candlestick Figurines from Meissen, 1870

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Meissen rare item: candlestick with gardener figurines manufactory: meissen hallmarked: blue meissen sword mark with pommels on hilts model number … Read more Meissen rare item: candlestick with gardener figurines manufactory: meissen hallmarked: blue meissen sword mark with pommels on hilts model number r 185 former's number 13 painter's number 83 first quality dating: made circa 1870 material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted technique: handmade porcelain style: rococo (made third quarter of 19th century) detailed description: meissen finest figurines' group having function of candlestick (= this meissen item is extremely rare !). -- the children / gardener figurines - boy and girl clad in bucolic rococo garments - gather around a table which seems to grow out from rocaille base: a pot / lidded jar has been put on table against which the boy is leaning, being busy with smoking a pipe \. A lovely girl with yellow hat is watching him, holding a jug and balancing a hoe on her left shoulder (a hoe is a tool used for gardening). There are a romantic ruin as well as a small leafy tree visible behind the figurines, looking like a theatre backdrop / theatre scene. Please note: the mentioned ruin is topped by a vase-shaped nozzle / candle sleeve so that a candle can be put into: we have a most lovely as well as rarest candlestick (candleholder) then ! the figurines with candleholder are based on round support edged by rocaille ornaments. Measures / dimensions: height: 18.0 cm / 7.08 inches diameter of base: 14.0 cm / 5.51 inches condition: excellent / there aren't any damages existing ! this piece has an attribution mark,
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