Object Image

Pair of Candlesticks, 19th century

The salient feature is four figures of children standing against the stem and representing the four Seasons. One holds a pair of birds, another wheat, a third grapes and the fourth pulls a garment around itself. There are no detached nozzles.
Ormolu
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