A FINE PAIR OF ROCKINGHAM PORCELAIN CANDLESTICKS
REF: FA923
An exceptionally fine pair of Rockingham crimson red porcelain candlesticks with fine gilt decoration, hung with most unusual spade drops and notch cut spangles.
- Height 24 cm / 9 1⁄2"
- Diameter 13.5 cm / 5 "
- Period 1800-1849
- Year 1830
- Country England
- Literature Rockingham porcelain was produced in two distinct periods18261830 The so callled red-mark period and 1831-1842 the puce-mark period, Rockingham was best known for its finely decorated and somewhat gaudy rococo style of porcelain. Orders from royalty lead to use of the subtitle Manufacturner to the King from 1831, but by 1842 and with mounting debts the company filed form bankruptcy.
