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1915-1950
GUSN-6062
Circular saucer has ribbing emanating from socket to rim and from socket base to flattened bobeche edge; rims are scalloped and gilded; handle is gilt decorated to appear like a tree trunk; delicately decorated with pinecones, wild flowers, and berries in red, green and yellow enamel.
candlesticks
gilding
porcelain
trees
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Porcelain
Pinecone
Wildflower
Tree
Gilded
CANDLESTICK
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Austria
2.5 x 5.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1119
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