Lot 33
33
A large five-light silver candelabrum
A large five-light silver candelabrum

MAKER'S MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1923

Details
A large five-light silver candelabrum
Maker's mark of Omar Ramsden, London, 1923
The spool-shaped base on eight pad feet, the tapering stem on four bracket supports, the lower part applied with ribs, the socket applied with foliage swags and scroll brackets, the detachable spirally fluted branches each terminating in a plain circular drip-pan, circular socket hung with drapery and a detachable plain circular nozzle, with similar central light and corded borders, marked on base, drip pans and nozzles, the base engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT. CANDLESTICK 122 OZS. TROY - 5 LIGHT BRANCH 100 OZS TROY CANDELABRUM COMPLETE 222 OZS TROY'
32in. (81.5cm.) high
the branches 101 ozs. (3,139gr.)

Lot Essay

A pair of similar five-light candelabra, the stems and nozzles chased with roses, by Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr, London 1914, is in the Cambell Collection and illustrated in L. S. Roberts, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden, from the Cambell Collection, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, 1992, no. 11.

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