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AN EDWARD VIII SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM AND TWO PAIRS OF SIMILAR GEORGE V SILVER CANDLESTICKS

THE CANDELABRUM MARK OF D. & J. WELLBY, SHEFFIELD, 1901, THE FIRST PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS WITH MARK OF THE GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD, LONDON, 1922, THE SECOND PAIR WITH MARK OF HAWKESWORTH, EYRE AND CO., SHEFFIELD, 1923

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AN EDWARD VIII SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM AND TWO PAIRS OF SIMILAR GEORGE V SILVER CANDLESTICKS
THE CANDELABRUM MARK OF D. & J. WELLBY, SHEFFIELD, 1901, THE FIRST PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS WITH MARK OF THE GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD, LONDON, 1922, THE SECOND PAIR WITH MARK OF HAWKESWORTH, EYRE AND CO., SHEFFIELD, 1923
Each with a shaped square base with cut corners, with a knopped stem and a spool shaped socket, the candelabrum with four scroll branches and a central socket, each with a detachable nozzle, marked on foot and nozzles, the branches marked at base
the candelabrum - 20 in. (50.8 cm.) high (5)

Provenance

Used on the table in the Dining Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.

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Lot Essay

IMAGE CAPTION:
The table in the Dining-Room at Kensington Palace, showing the present lot in situ

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