清十九世紀中 錫鑄洋人像燭臺一對

底款：朝城蕭益盛點銅

Foreigners:
Sotheby's New York, 19th March 1997, lot 338.

Several similar pewter candlestick figures of Foreigners are illustrated in David S. Howard, A Tale of Three Cities. Canton, Shanghai and Canton, London, 1997, pp. 196-199, nos. 259-265, and are ascribed dates between 1800 and 1860. The distinctive 'Solar Topee' hat worn by the present figures did not become fashionable until the middle of the 19th century.