Lot 317 , A pair of Derby candlestick groups, c.1770, 20cm and 21.5cm

A pair of Derby candlestick groups, c.1770, 20cm and 21.5cm

A pair of Derby candlestick groups, c.1770, modelled as Mars and a cockerel and Venus and Cupid standing before bocage, with detachable nozzles to each side, on scrollwork bases, pad marks to base, 20cm and 21.5cm
Estimate £200-300

Restoration to Venus' right arm, Cupid's left wing and the support for the separate nozzle, fine crack to nozzle, loss to Cupid's left index figure, both candlesticks with losses to flowers and bocage.


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Sold for £320