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Vintage Wendt & Kühn Grünhainichen angel candle holder, featuring a pair of the famous Eleven-Dot Angels holding a large blue bellflower-shaped candle cup.The two hand-painted wooden angels feature blonde hair, cream-colored garments with pale blue detailing, rosy cheeks, and the distinctive green wings decorated with white dots associated with Wendt & Kühn’s celebrated Grünhainichen Angel series.Both angels stand together on an oval painted wooden base and support a blue flower-form candle holder above their heads.The underside retains an original green oval Wendt & Kühn / W.u.K. maker’s label. This style of Wendt & Kühn bottom mark is associated with approximately 1949–1972, making this a genuine mid-century example rather than a modern reproduction. Period sale references document this same Wendt & Kühn form as a pair of angels holding a bellflower-shaped candle cup, constructed from turned and hand-painted wood. Maker: Wendt & Kühn
Origin: Grünhainichen, Erzgebirge, Germany
Approximate date: 1949–1972
Material: Hand-painted wood
Type: Angel candle holder / candlestick
Design: Two Grünhainichen Eleven-Dot Angels with blue bellflower candle cupVintage condition with age-related paint wear and small areas of paint loss/chipping, including wear to the blue candle cup and minor wear elsewhere on the figures and base. No major structural break is apparent from inspection. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.Acquired from the estate of a longtime miniature collector.The piece will be professionally packaged and shipped via UPS Ground Saver so it arrives in the same condition as when dispatched. Please feel free to message me if you would like any additional photographs or information.
