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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT `HOLBEIN` CANDLESTICKS

Lot 35
08.02.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 2 520
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1134440
Lot 35 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT 'HOLBEIN' CANDLESTICKS
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
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.)





Provenance

Acquired from Robin Martin Antiques, London, September 2015.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Gilding, Silver
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Candlesticks
Auction house category:All other types of objects
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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