Collar chandelier with chinoiserie Faience, blue decoration. Cylindrical spout with vertical slit, below a nodus and a wide overhanging eaves bowl. A chinoiserie around the bell-shaped foot. Hollow glazed base without mark. Older restored chips to spout, collar and foot, glaze rub and rim chips. H 19.5 cm. Delft or Frankfurt, late 17th century. The model for the form can be found in Baroque bronze candlesticks. Provenance Hessian private collection. Literature Illustrated in Bauer, Frankfurter Fayencen aus der Zeit des Barock, Frankfurt 1988, cat. No. 82.

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