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A pair of Meissen models of finches, late 18th century
Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- porcelain
- the finches, 9.5cm., 3 3/4 in. and 10cm., 4 in. high, the mounts, 27.5cm., 10 7/8 in. high
mounted on gilt-bronze candle branches applied with porcelain flowers, the flowers probably later, one finch with faint crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue,
Catalogue Note
Emmie Avery Keddell, The Earl and Countess of Crewe at Home, The Pall Mall Magazine, July-December 1906, Vol. 38., p. 430 illustrated on the chimneypiece in Lady Crewe's Boudoir at Crewe House, London; West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p. 5, in the Morning Room; Pair 12” high 2 light ormolu Candelabra on leaf pattern bases with
Dresden birds and floral backgrounds. £12-12.;
‘West Horsley Place II’, Country Life, 1 April 1939, p. 329, illustrated on the chimneypiece in the Morning Room.
Dresden birds and floral backgrounds. £12-12.;
‘West Horsley Place II’, Country Life, 1 April 1939, p. 329, illustrated on the chimneypiece in the Morning Room.