A Group of Four Cast-Brass Candlesticks, Turkey, 17th Century and Later

each with a body of truncated conical form, the broad shoulder with concave drip-tray, one with arcaded rim, the narrow baluster necks with faceted bulbous moulding terminating in a tulip-form socket, one with simple decoration, another with some small openwork design, another with a ringed base, one engraved throughout with calligraphic rows and roundels

The group in fairly good condition, all four with remains of old candles, one with a crack to base and dent, also small cracks to drip-pan, another with minor crack in neck, as viewed.
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