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Heavily Restored Candleholder

This is a neat triple figural candleholder made by Meissen in about 1750. Before you get too excited - it has been heavily restored. Still worth saving and maybe even having restored a bit better. The piece has a central figurine of a putto holding a bunch of grapes in his left hand and what probably was a knife in the other though the blade is missing. His right arm was broken off and restored and h was broken off the base as well and restored. The candle holder part is made up of a couple of intertwined branches that end in two lower candle holders and one up high. Lots of flowers and some leaves to the branches. The top candle holder cup is in good shape but looks to have been broken off the branch though I am not sure. The other two candle holder cups are but heavily restored / possibly replaced with replicas. The branches in the back are oddly enough in great shape though one has a hairline to one spot. There is dmage to the laves and some minor damage to the flowers though most are in top shape. The base has been heavily over painted and I have no idea what was done to it. The underside looks fine except for a large firing crack and clear coated over but does not appear to have replaced pieces. One flowers looks to be a replacement as well. The scrolls on top are probably additions. Not sure. All in all it sounds much worse than it looks and it is a rare survivor for being 275 years old. The candlestick is 8.875 inches tall, 6.875 inches wide and 3.5 inches deep. The piece is unmarked or at least not visibly marked after the restoration but ceertainly Meissen from the mid 18th century. Please email me for more information or other pictures.

Price is $399
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