Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear porcelain candleholders or for taking apple picking

or for taking apple picking

when Rue du Rampart in Paris ceased to exist

I weeded out a couple of broken ones—all of these are in terrific condition

11 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 1"

Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear porcelain candleholders or for taking apple pickingAs 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