A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT `HOLBEIN` CANDLESTICKS

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08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 35 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT 'HOLBEIN' CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT 'HOLBEIN' CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN FIGG, LONDON, 1867, RETAILED BY WILLIAM BOORE

Each on hexagonal base with openwork rim, baluster stem and cylindrical sockets, with beaded borders, the form after French 17th-century examples, elaborately cast and chased overall with birds amidst stylised scrolling foliage on a matted ground, in fitted case, marked on bases, the fitted case lining stamped WILLIAM BOORE/ GOLDSMITH, JEWELLER & c/ 54, STRAND LONDON

6 5⁄8 in. (16.9 cm.) high

15 oz. 8 dwt. (479 gr.)





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Acquired from Robin Martin Antiques, London, September 2015.
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