Pair of Candelabra

Porcelain: China, Mounts: France, Assembled in Paris, France

Porcelain: Qing dynasty (1644-1912); Mounts about 1750

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Basalt bust of Shakespeare
Small, rectangular box with truncated edges, the top with a blue enamel band running around the edge, set with an enameled metal plaque painted with a view of the seaport at Constantinople (today's Istanbul) with rustic structures in a forested area in the foreground and a hilly landscape with trees and a large domed church on the hill on the right in the background, the plaque is edged in blue enamel and the gold around it is elaborately chased with a pattern of scrolling foliage and delicate stylized flowers, each side includes a central reserve edged in blue enamel and with a repeating pattern of small floral motifs inside, above the reserves runs a band of leafy and floral motifs around the perimeter of the box, each corner is decorated with a design of scrolling foliage; the underside of the box includes a border of stylized anthemion and vine motifs edged in blue enamel and a central panel, also edged in blue enamel, of an elaborate floral bouquet.
Trophy plate of white jasper with black jasper dip and applied white and yellow jasper relief decoration, with a central vignette of the Muses Grooming Pegasus surrounded by scrolled ribbon and vine banding, the border with an engine-turned pattern featuring bands of white jasper with applied small yellow jasper quatrefoils intersected by black stripes with scrolling foliage, with a band of florets around the rim.
Three-part pie dish of buff-colored caneware, oval in shape and with a liner with rouletted edge to resemble a pastry crust and a molded cover with decorative lattice elements and acanthus leaves, with an oval finial in the form of a small pastry dish with crust edge, the interior of the dish is glazed.