Two matching Victorian silver chamber candlesticks, Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, London, 1858/1861

Estimate

14,000 - 18,000 USD

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Description

length 7 in. (17.8cm)

each formed as a reclining infant gazing at a rococo tulip sconce, the cartouche-form pan with foliated border, one with a leaf cap to the scroll handle, marked on bases

Catalogue Note

These chamber candlesticks follow a model by Paul Crespin, 1744, sold Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1980, lot 240A, and illustrated Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, no. 788, p. 189.