Lot 138
  • 138

Elkington Mason & Co 1842-1861 A LARGE SILVERED BRONZE TWELVE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM London, circa 1862

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Elkington Mason & Co
  • silvered bronze
  • height 42 in.
  • 106.5 cm
the underside engraved PUB'D BY ELKINGTON & CO. APRIL 1862.

Provenance

Kenneth Crisp Jones, The Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks, 1750-1980, London, 1981, p. 163 for a pair of similar models in electroplated silver gilt

Condition

Overall in good condition. With tarnishing to silvered bronze. The stem decorated with three figures of Cyres holding a sickle and a shaft of wheat, one with a broken sickle. One rosette to one of the three scrolled feet is lacking. Parts (bobeches) available in bag.
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