AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF SILVER CANDELABRA
MARKED NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT AND WORKMASTER INITIALS PK, ST. PETERSBURG, 1863
Each on a shaped triangular scroll and rocaille base, with a knight at the base standing on naturalistic ground, wearing armor and holding the reigns of his horse, with an applied shield at his feet depicting a griffin holding a sword with the interlaced Cyrillic initials 'PVIV' surmounted by a crown, the biforcated stems formed as scrolls, rising to six leaf-clad scroll branches and central standard, with wax pans and urn-form sockets, the base engraved with a coat of arms and a monogram, marked under base, on base, the plant on base, stems, all sockets, all wax pans
Each: 26½ in. (67.3 cm.) high; 604 oz. (18773 gr.) total weight (2)
AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF SILVER CANDELABRA
MARKED NICHOLLS AND PLINCKE, WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT AND WORKMASTER INITIALS PK, ST. PETERSBURG, 1863
Each on a shaped triangular scroll and rocaille base, with a knight at the base standing on naturalistic ground, wearing armor and holding the reigns of his horse, with an applied shield at his feet depicting a griffin holding a sword with the interlaced Cyrillic initials 'PVIV' surmounted by a crown, the biforcated stems formed as scrolls, rising to six leaf-clad scroll branches and central standard, with wax pans and urn-form sockets, the base engraved with a coat of arms and a monogram, marked under base, on base, the plant on base, stems, all sockets, all wax pans
Each: 26½ in. (67.3 cm.) high; 604 oz. (18773 gr.) total weight (2)
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