ID 437267
Lot 199 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SCOTTISH SILVER-GILT FIVE-LIGHT CANDELAB...
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
MARK OF WILLIAM MORTIMER, EDINBURGH, 1885
In the historicist style, the openwork base chased with flowers and foliage and applied with figures of dogs chasing a wild boar, the centre applied with four mythological medallions, the lower knop and the sockets applied with musicians, the openwork gothic foliage stem with birds, insects, putti, knights and noblemen, the nozzle applied with three mermaids, the neo-gothic branches applied with fauns and grotesque busts, the sockets and nozzles applied with figures, marked on central drip-pan, branch and nozzle sleeves
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high
169 oz. 17 dwt. (5,284 gr.)
| Medium: | Silver |
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| Place of origin: | Scotland |
| Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Medium: | Silver |
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| Place of origin: | Scotland |
| Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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