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Pair of ‘Girl in a Swing’ St James’s Figural Candlesticks emblematic of Water and Earth, Circa 1750

Pair of ‘Girl in a Swing’ St James’s Figural Candlesticks emblematic of Water and Earth, Circa 1750

20.5 cms and 21 cms high.
Item No. 193

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Extremely Rare Pair of ‘Girl in a Swing’ St. James’s white candlestick figures modelled as a Fisherman and Companion, she in a bodice tied with a ribbon and flowing dress,...
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Extremely Rare Pair of ‘Girl in a Swing’ St. James’s white candlestick figures modelled as a Fisherman and Companion, she in a bodice tied with a ribbon and flowing dress, holding an oval basket, he in frock-coat, shirt and breeches and holding a fish, each standing before a tree applied with leaves.

 

Coloured pair from the Simon Goldblatt collection (1956) now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Provenance

Lady Shelley – Rolls Collection

Rous Lench Collection

Exhibitions

English Ceramic Circle (1977) No 211

 

Coloured pair from the Simon Goldblatt collection (1956) now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

 

Literature

cf: Lane and Charleston ‘Girl in a Swing Porcelain and Chelsea’, E.C.C. Transaction, Vol. 5, pt. 3, pp. 141 and 142 and pl. 130 for a pair of groups emblematic of air and water of which the two standing figures as seen in this pair are components, also p. 131C for engraving after Jacopo Amigoni from which the fisherman is derived.
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