A massive pair of Victorian silver five-light candelabra, Edward & John Barnard, London, 1862

the bases cast with masks and acanthus, the stems with grapevine swags hung from lion's masks within strapwork cartouches, the detachable tops with scrolling foliate arms hung with pendants, the sconces, drip pans, detachable nozzles, and finials decorated with strapwork and foliage

one candelabrum with repair to the stem below central drip pan and with small split to body of central sconce, lacking a bead on one arm; the other candelabrum with a repair on each arm where it starts to turn upwards; otherwise both in good condition
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