Lithophane Holder with Lithophane

Germany

1820-30

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Set of four, tall, sterling silver candlesticks architectural in form and neo-Gothic/neoclassical in style, each with a large, square base decorated with a diaper pattern within which are stylized flowers raised against a stippled ground, the corners are covered with upwardly scrolling acanthus leaves; from the base the stick rests on a fluted foot upon which sits a square pedestal from which extends the actual stick, which is composed of two slender columns at each edge with acanthus leaves at top, all bound by three sets of three bands each; between the columns are quatrefoils; the finial is in the form of a footed urn, the foot with four individual trefoils between acanthus leaves, the urn is also decorated with trefoils and stylized acanthus leaves, and holds a square, removable bobeche with pierced corners and scrollwork; on three of the four bobeches is an engraved crest: an eagle with outstretched wings atop a crown set with feathers.
Obverse: In the center a laurel wreath. Reverse: In the center a bundle of arrows.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Pair of solid sage green jasper vases with applied white jasper relief decoration and applied white jasper figures, each on an irregular, molded base with large, applied white leaves and leaning against the body of the vase which is molded to resemble a tree trunk, on .1) the figure of a winged cupid reaches with his left hand toward a white butterfly applied to the trunk, on .2) a winged cupid sleeps at the base of the tree trunk with a small birds nest with two white egg in it under his left hand.