A Pair Of Brass Mounted Porcelain Parrot Candle Holders 28cm

A matched pair of decorative candlestick holders featuring hand-painted porcelain parrots in vibrant green plumage, each perched atop a naturalistic rocky base adorned with applied polychrome flowers in pink and red. The birds hold gilt branches in their beaks, which support the ormolu (gilt-bronze) candle nozzles above. Each piece rests on an elaborate pierced ormolu base with rococo scrollwork and floral relief detailing.
Style & Period
European, likely Meissen-style or Continental porcelain, 18th–19th century or later reproduction. The combination of exotic bird subjects, applied flowers (Blumenmalerei), and ormolu mounts is characteristic of the Rococo decorative arts tradition.
Materials
Hand-painted glazed porcelain (body & bird)
Applied porcelain flowers
Gilt-bronze / ormolu (candle nozzle, branch, and base mount)
Key Features
Finely detailed feather painting in green, yellow, and white
Mirror-image pair (facing opposite directions)
Decorative use — functional as candlesticks
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