A pair of Derby candlesticks

A pair of Derby candlesticks, each in the form of a putto, entwined with coloured grapes and leaves, and supporting aloft a leaf moulded sconce, the domed base painted in coloured enamels in 'Moth Painter' style with butterflies and other winged insects, above a turquoise and gilt scroll band, 9" high, circa 1760, no marks

See E C C Loan Exhibition, 1948, numbers 308 and 309, for another pair of this model, but painted with flowers 

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