Bow Rococo candlestick-vase with flower encrustations, c. 1760
$880.00 AUD
Rare Bow porcelain candlestick, left in the white, with a Rococo vase base having profuse asymmetric scrollwork, the neck with a garland of applied flower heads, the sconce on top in a flowerhead form.
Unmarked,
circa 1760
15cm high
Condition: good, no restoration, 2 faint hairlines to base & sconce, small losses to a few petals, displays very well.
This curious piece has its origins in the pairs of Rococo vases made at numerous factories in the mid-18th century, both in England and on the Continent. These exist as open vessels, perhaps intended to have porcelain flowers on metal stems inserted; others have porcelain flowers presented as if arranged in the vase. This is an evolution on from that, putting a candle sconce amongst the flowers, making them into something useful, not just decorative for the shelf. Coloured examples exist; white examples are considerably rarer.
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