Lot Essay
For a similar set of four candlesticks by the same maker sold by Christie's New York see: British Interior, Christie's New York, 21 January 1999, lot 530, illustrated.
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MARK OF KIRKBY, WATERHOUSE & CO, SHEFFIELD, 1816
Details
A pair of English silver candlesticks
Mark of Kirkby, Waterhouse & Co, Sheffield, 1816
Each on a shaped circular base, elaborately cast with rocaille and foliage, rising to a baluster stem with similar decoration, the vase-form socket with removable shaped circular nozzles, the base and nozzles engraved with crest, marked on bases and nozzles
26 cm. high (2)
Mark of Kirkby, Waterhouse & Co, Sheffield, 1816
Each on a shaped circular base, elaborately cast with rocaille and foliage, rising to a baluster stem with similar decoration, the vase-form socket with removable shaped circular nozzles, the base and nozzles engraved with crest, marked on bases and nozzles
26 cm. high (2)
Special notice
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