Lot Essay
For a similar pair cf. British and Continental Silver, Christie's (Scotland), Wednesday 13th November 1991, Lot 450.
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
by J Crighton, Edinburgh, 1880
Each on a circular base with foliate border surrounding four oval vignettes of classical scenes, mounted all over with applied animals, insects and figures, with beaded scrolling branches, vase-shaped sockets and detachable nozzles (one missing, some beading lacking)
24.5in (62in) high
(190oz) approx (2)
by J Crighton, Edinburgh, 1880
Each on a circular base with foliate border surrounding four oval vignettes of classical scenes, mounted all over with applied animals, insects and figures, with beaded scrolling branches, vase-shaped sockets and detachable nozzles (one missing, some beading lacking)
24.5in (62in) high
(190oz) approx (2)