Pair of Meissen porcelain candlesticks, circa... Lot 18

Pair of Meissen porcelain candlesticks, circa 1735 A pair of Meissen candlesticks, circa 1735 Each with a baluster section shaft on scrollwork tripod foot surmounted by a circular sconce, the shaft painted in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding, with flowering branches and insects, the sconce with formal borders, the moulded edges and scroll feet embellished in gilding and iron-red, 26cm high, crossed swords mark and v in underglaze-blue to one, indistinctly in blue to the second, both with impressed Dreher's mark for Andreas Schiefer (2) Footnotes: Provenance: Dr. Fritz Mannheimer Collection, Amsterdam, sold Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 14-21 October 1952, lot 304 (part); The Estate of Sarah Jane Sanford Pansa, sold Sotheby's New York, 8 November 1985, lot 100 (part) See footnote to lot 19. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com