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Belleek Candlestick
Belleek Candlestick. This Belleek Dolphin Candlestick measures 7.5" (19cm) high and is one of 400 made to celebrate Belleek's 150th Anniversary. Each piece is numbered and stamped with the special 150th Anniversary mark.
The Dolphin Candlestick is one of a category of Cherub or "Putti" figurines popular in the 19th Century. In Belleek's master mould archive it is numbered 125, indicating that it was designed before 1872.
It is listed as one fo the many pieces displayed at the Paris Exhibition in 1900. It was discontinued in the early 1920s.
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