A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CANDELABRUM

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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CANDELABRUM
MAKER'S MARK OF ALEXANDER MACKRAE, LONDON, 1870

WITH DOMED CIRCULAR BASE ON FOUR FAUN AND GROTESQUE MASK FEET, CHASED AND APPLIED WITH WINGED CHERUB MASKS ON A MATTED GROUND, THE BALUSTER STEM CAST AND CHASED WITH FEMALE HERMS HOLDING GARLANDS, FOLIATE SCROLL AND GROTESQUE MASK BRACKETS AND PANELS OF FOLIAGE, TERMINATING IN SIX LEAF-CAPPED SCROLL BRANCHES HEADED BY HORNED AND BEARDED GROTESQUE MASKS WITH FAUN BELOW AND TERMINATING IN CIRCULAR DRIP-PAN, VASE-SHAPED SOCKET AND DETACHABLE NOZZLE AND WITH SIMILAR CENTRAL LIGHT, FULLY MARKED - 27¼IN. (69.3CM.) HIGH
147OZS. (4,590GRS.)

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