ONE CANDLESTICK, A SET OF BRANCHES, NOZZLES AND DRIP-PANS, A CENTRAL LIGHT AND A FURTHER SOCKET WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS, LONDON, 1816, THE REMAINDER WITH MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1841

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Two silver four-light candelabra
one candlestick, a set of branches, nozzles and drip-pans, a central light and a further socket with maker's mark of William Pitts, London, 1816, the remainder with maker's mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1841
Each on spreading shaped-circular base and with baluster stem, vase-shaped socket and detachable leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in a circular drip-pan, vase-socket and detachable shaped-circular nozzle, and with similar central light with eagle finial, chased overall with shells, scrolls, foliage, dragons, eagles, scaly dolphins, lions, fully marked
27¼in. (69.2cm.) high
467ozs. (14,546grs.) (2)

Lot Essay

A similar pair of candelabra from the Hilmar Reksten Collection were sold in these Rooms, 22 May 1991, lot 13. A further pair of 1815, sold in these Rooms, 12 December 1983, lot 176 are illustrated in M. Clayton, Christie' Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 247

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