A rare Della Robbia Pottery three-branch candlestick by Marian de Caluwe

A rare Della Robbia Pottery three-branch candlestick by Marian de Caluwe, modelled as four bare-breasted classical maidens supporting urn sconces on their heads, wearing green and yellow costume, on stepped circular base, glazed in shades of yellow, green and cream, painted DR, MdeC, and 5, incised 241 and X cipher, 37.5cm. high Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collector's Club, page 165 figure 175 for a comparable three-branch candlestick also by Caluwe. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.