Description

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A porcelain candlestick decorated with two lyrebirds and purple hibiscus flowers. Painted by Roelof Sterken and by A.H. Limburg en P.W.C. Roodenburg, on March 30, 1903. Marked with the factory stamp, yearcode, painters monogram and model number 212, workorder number 353. High 16 cm (6.3 in). The Dutch Rijksmuseum has an identical candlestick, also from the same work order number (!), see;  Rijksmuseum

Here’s a lyrebird in action, a truly remarkable bird: www.youtube.com