Fourteen miscellaneous silver plated chamber candlesticks, English, 19th century

Sheffield plate, electroplate and Britannia metal, and a small number of 'Lychrophylax' glass candle holders with labelled wood box (14)

Generally very worn, four engraved with the Cavendish crest, complete with nozzles and three snuffers; a pair engraved with the Cavendish crest and coronet, lacking snuffers; the remainder with signs of old solder repairs, one with 3 1/2 in. section of gadrooned rim lacking
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