Candlestick, Meissen ca. 1740–1745. One-candle candlestick with profiled baluster shaft and 8-segment round foot; candle socket mounted on a profile with relief acanthus leaves. Decorated with gilding sleeve channels, acanthus frieze, gold-painted and relief campanulas and four sprigs of woodcut flowers daffodils, wood violets, forget-me-nots, and brick-red balls around the foot, between the campanulas, and on the socket; also small insects and bugs. Brown border around the edge of the candle holder. Porcelain; height 24 cm, diameter 16 cm. Origin: Meissen, Saxony., A single ornate white ceramic candlestick stands against a gray background, featuring a flared base with painted floral and fruit motifs in red, green, and orange, and small painted insects in brown and black; the stem is sculpted with curving, tiered sections accented with gold highlights and delicate painted flower details in pink and green, and the top has a cup-shaped holder with a thin brown rim.
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Candlestick, Meissen ca. 1740–1745. One-candle candlestick with profiled baluster shaft and 8-segment round foot; candle socket mounted on a profile with relief acanthus leaves. Decorated with gilding sleeve channels, acanthus frieze, gold-painted and relief campanulas and four sprigs of woodcut flowers daffodils, wood violets, forget-me-nots, and brick-red balls around the foot, between the campanulas, and on the socket; also small insects and bugs. Brown border around the edge of the candle holder. Porcelain; height 24 cm, diameter 16 cm. Origin: Meissen, Saxony., A single ornate white ceramic candlestick stands against a gray background, featuring a flared base with painted floral and fruit motifs in red, green, and orange, and small painted insects in brown and black; the stem is sculpted with curving, tiered sections accented with gold highlights and delicate painted flower details in pink and green, and the top has a cup-shaped holder with a thin brown rim.

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Candlestick Meissen ca 1740–1745 -candle candlestick profiled baluster shaft 8-segment round foot candle socket mounted profile relief acanthus leaves Decorated gilding sleeve channels acanthus frieze gold-painted relief campanulas four sprigs woodcut flowers daffodils wood violets forget-me-nots brick-red balls foot campanulas socket also small insects bugs Brown border edge candle holder Porcelain height 24 cm diameter 16 cm Origin Meissen Saxony single ornate white ceramic candlestick stands gray background featuring flared base painted floral fruit motifs red green orange small painted insects brown black stem sculpted curving tiered sections accented gold highlights delicate flower details pink top cup-shaped holder thin brown rim.

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