Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Ceramics, Silver, Glass and Furniture
About this Item
A pair of Emile Gallé Nancy St Clément blue and white faience candle holders, 19th century
each modelled as a seated roaring lion with its tail wrapped around its body, presenting a turret with its front paws enclosed by foliage, on an oval pierced and swirled base, chips, signed Gallé Nancy and St Clement, in underglaze-blue, 24cm high
Provenance
De Goede Hoop Estate, Noordhoek, Cape Town