Lot 422
  • 422

Two matching Victorian silver-gilt figural four-light candelabra, Hunt & Roskell and successors, London, 1867 and 1890

Estimate
75,000 - 100,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • one fully marked for John Hunt & Robert Roskell, 1867, the other for Alfred Benson & Henry Hugh Webb, 1890
  • Silver
  • height 26 in.
  • 66cm
three scroll feet supporting a triangular base, the front cartouche engraved with crest and motto, each with a fully-modeled standing putto, acanthus-capped stem and arms with applied grapevines and pendant grapes, screw-on urns and detachable nozzles 

Condition

1890 candelabra missing two nozzles, otherwise good condition, nice, heavy weight
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