Pair of putti candlesticks with bronze baseMeissen. Sword mark on the base, c. 1750/1760. model no.: 1145. design: 1749. Polychrome painted, gold decorated; bronze mounting. H 31,5 and 32 cm. Design by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775) and Friedrich Elias Meyer (c. 1723 -1785). Two putti with on a bronze mounted natural base, carrying a dolphin with candelabra spout Some leaves bumped, minimal gold abrasion, 1x: dolphin tail, spout attachment, 1 putti foot, 1 finger restored, hairline crack on the edge of the base; 1x: dolphin, 1 putti nose and 1 putti arm restored; spout supplemented in each case.