Dining IN | New York
Dining IN | New York
A PAIR OF MINTON LARGE FIVE-LIGHT FIGURAL CANDELABRA, 1870
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August 12, 03:54 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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A PAIR OF MINTON LARGE FIVE-LIGHT FIGURAL CANDELABRA, 1870
each modelled as a diaphanous figure, wearing celadon-colored drapery, holding aloft two tiers of scrollwork candle sconces formed of four arms supporting a vase-form sconce affixed with rams heads, supported on a square base on four sphinx-form feet, impressed MINTON, date code for 1870, shape numbers 1333 and 1334, various letters
height 26¼ in.
66.7 cm
Minton archive photographs of these models circa 1865, are reproduced in Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, 1990, p. 51. The models were also produced in majolica glazes.