Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear porcelain candleholders which can be seen from

which can be seen from the front only from an angle

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B: 3 7/8" l x 2 7/8" t

There seems to be just a tiny bit of warping to the wood of the lid such that it sits just a tiny bit higher on one side - very minor

Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear porcelain candleholders which can be seen fromAs you know if you follow, I've become quite smitten with stone fruit, and am on an ongoing quest to pluck the very best pieces I come across. This pear is absolutely as lovely as they come, the most delicate, pale shade of pear yellow, with tiny spots of brown to perfectly portray the skin and subtle darkening here and there to suggest bruises. In addition there are a few dark veins in the marble that lend a sense of depth to the color, plus one very