A pair of Victorian Silver Candlesticks
maker's mark of George Fox, 1870
Each on octagonal spreading foot cast, pierced and chased with ho-ho birds among flowering and scrolling foliage, the multi-knopped baluster stem supporting straight-sided sockets cast in a conforming manner
6½in. (16.5cm.) high
marked on the foot
14oz. (2)
拍品專文
Cast after a pair made by Paul Storr in 1800 for Fonthill Abbey, which in turn were cast after French 17th Century boxwood originals from the workshop of Baggard of Nancy