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MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, LONDON, 1875
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A Victorian silver eight-light candelabrum
Mark of Charles Frederick Hancock, London, 1875
The shaped circular stepped base with incurved sides, on four foliate feet, two cast draped figures seated on the textured base amid fruit and foliage, the female figure holding a tambourine, the male figure with a laurel wreath, the fluted stem supporting four bifurcated foliage-wrapped arms each with detachable circular drip-pan, acorn shaped socket cast with acanthus foliage and plain detachable nozzle, the finial formed as a cast figure of blindfolded Cupid with bow and arrow, marked under base, on platform, and on sockets, drip-pans and nozzles, the foot-rim additionally stamped HANCOCKS & CO 39 BRUTON ST. LONDON
26¾in. (68cm.) high
199oz. (6,203gr.)
Mark of Charles Frederick Hancock, London, 1875
The shaped circular stepped base with incurved sides, on four foliate feet, two cast draped figures seated on the textured base amid fruit and foliage, the female figure holding a tambourine, the male figure with a laurel wreath, the fluted stem supporting four bifurcated foliage-wrapped arms each with detachable circular drip-pan, acorn shaped socket cast with acanthus foliage and plain detachable nozzle, the finial formed as a cast figure of blindfolded Cupid with bow and arrow, marked under base, on platform, and on sockets, drip-pans and nozzles, the foot-rim additionally stamped HANCOCKS & CO 39 BRUTON ST. LONDON
26¾in. (68cm.) high
199oz. (6,203gr.)
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