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Candelabrum, soft-paste porcelain, in the form of a figure of Cupid, elaborate rococo base moulded with shells and c-scrolls and with 3 c-scroll supports, the figure of Cupid seated upon the raised back of the base, the figure has two small wings to the back and is partially covered by a flowing drapery which falls from a band around one arm, around the body of the figure is a sash with applied moulded flower heads, to one side of the figure hangs a quiver with arrows, to either side of the figure, supported by its hands, extend two candleholders with curving shafts with c-scroll moulding, and sconces moulded in the form of flower heads with spreading foliate moulded collars; the figure painted in naturalistic enamels with realistically painted face and hair, the wings picked out in pink, the draperies painted in pink, green and gilt, the moulded flower sash painted in pink, yellow, green, blue and red, the quiver of arrows painted in green, red and gilt, the base and the candleholders picked out in gilt and green. The candelabrum broken and repaired.