Magnificent Neo-Rococo candelabra stem with female figure by KPM Berlin Mounted in two parts. On three leaf-shaped feet, a three-sided, rocaille-shaped, raised and cornice-like base with a horned mascaron in relief at the back, merging into a heavily sculptured shaft of lush reed leaves and a large, C-shaped volute clasp. On this, a boldly composed, antique-style figure of a young lady in a bent posture, holding onto the reeds with her raised right hand. Dressed in a flowing robe of pale yellow, patterned with gold-shaded purple blossoms and lined with latticework. A bulbous, triple-openworked top with a flower-shaped rim. Surrounding the base with cartouche-like impressionist floral still lifes of anemones, azaleas, pansies and dog roses in polychrome, pastel-coloured floral painting, so-called soft painting by the porcelain painter Franz Aulich, surrounded by fine gold lines in relief. Delicately coloured staffage in rosé, apricot and green, partly with scale pattern and rich gold staffage. Designed by Prof. Louis Sußmann-Hellborn, predecessor of Alexander Kips (1885), modelled by Heinrich Monno and Robert Schirmer (1885). Signed on the bottom. "F. Aulich". Decorative painter's mark probably for Emil Richard Claus. Minimally restored; sceptre and painter's mark. H. 64 cm. Virtuously executed shaft of an originally eight-flame Rococo panel chandelier "with 3 theiligem foot and female figure. The upper part is cut out in 3 sections to accommodate bronze arms". The counterpart to this chandelier model was designed by Paul Schley in 1887. Franz Aulich became one of the most important porcelain painters for soft painting of the first generation under Paul Miethe, who made a decisive contribution to the artistic development of flower painting during the Kips era with numerous designs based on intensive nature studies. See Dietz, Blühende Zeit der KPM Berlin, Sabet Collection, pp. 258f.; Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon, vol. I, p. 111. A splendid Neorococo candelabra shaft with female figure and flower arrangements painted by Franz Aulich. Minor restored. Sceptre and painter's mark. KPM-Berlin. Late 19th century.