A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE SILVER CANDLESTICKS

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A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
LISBON, LATE 18TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK F OVER LS (VIDAL, NO. 362)

Each on spreading shaped circular foot with wavy molded rim, rising to a knopped baluster stem and vase-shaped socket, chased overall with sweeping spiral flutes, marked on bases--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.)
(21 oz. 10 dwt.) (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of similar candlesticks, maker's mark BP is illustrated from the collection of Joao Abel Teixerira Junior in Dos Santos e Quilho, Ourivesaria Portuguesa Nas Coleccoes Particulares, Lisbon, 1974, no. 274.