This candlestick in the form of a putto will make a fine addition to your interior. One cannot help smiling when looking at the putto that reminds one of the mischievous cupids in 18th-century art that extolled love and enjoyment. The piece is decorated with malachite in the Russian mosaic technique.

Gilded bronze, malachite.
Height 3 1/2 in. (9 cm);
base 2 x 2 3/8 in. (5 x 6 cm).