STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A PAIR OF DERBY BOCAGE CANDLESTICK FIGURES ALLEGORICAL OF 'LIBERTY' AND 'MATRIMONY', CIRCA 1770-75
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A PAIR OF DERBY BOCAGE CANDLESTICK FIGURES ALLEGORICAL OF 'LIBERTY' AND 'MATRIMONY', CIRCA 1770-75
each modeled as a shepherd or shepherdess seated and leaning against the balustrade of a low wall before a flowering bocage between two foliate-molded candle nozzles, 'Liberty' with a dove perched on his knee and a dog seated at his feet, 'Matrimony', with a recumbent sheep and holding a birdcage.
heights 12 in. and 10 ½ in.
30.5 cm and 26.7 cm
A pair of candlestick figures of this model is illustrated by Frank Stoner, Chelsea, Bow and Derby Porcelain Figures, 1955, pl. 62, and another similar pair, Property from the Estate of E. Franklin Robbins, was sold at Sotheby's New York, October 25, 1991, lot 45.