THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A pair of silver two-light candelabra

MAKER'S MARK OF HENRY FREEMAN, LONDON, 1929

细节
A pair of silver two-light candelabra
maker's mark of Henry Freeman, London, 1929
Each on shaped-triangular base on four shell feet, with rocaille shell, flower and foliate scroll stem, detachable foliage drip-pan and vase-shaped socket, the detachable shell, scroll and vine branches each terminating in similar detachable shaped-circular drip-pan and socket, with central seated putto finial, one base applied with a lamb and seated shepherd boy emblematic of Spring, the other with cloaked figure, a brazier and a bundle of wood emblematic of Winter, fully marked
16in. (41cm.) high
213ozs. (6.631grs.) (2)

拍品专文

These candelabra in the mid-18th century rococo style recall early 19th century rococo revival examples such as a pair of 1814, by Benjamin Smith, illustrated in M. Clayton Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, London, 1985, p.248