Lot 19
A Victorian silver three-branch table candelabrum.
Description
Condition Report
A Victorian silver three-branch table candelabrum, the tripartite base with hippocampus mounts and rising to a tapering classical column with knopped upper section supporting a shallow dish with beaded rim, the three scrolled branches having ram's head terminals fitted with suspension chains and each branch leading to a smaller dish below a campana shape socket with removable nozzle, the whole with beaded border and foliate detail throughout. Hallmarked Horace Woodward & Co., Birmingham 1881, also with scratch weights to the underside and retailer's mark 'Sorley Glasgow'. Maximum height measuring 20 1/4 inches (51.5 cm), gross weight 106.91 ozt (3325.3 grams).
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Purchasing information-
The candelabrum appears in good overall condition, displaying some general light tarnishing, surface wear, marks and scratches. A few minor dints. Also some pitting marks and nicks are visible to the base and on one side there is an area of heavier damage showing a couple of holes in the metal. Possibly caused by the removal of a crest or monogram engraving? Hallmarks to the base are quite rubbed and worn. Also hallmarked to various removable parts and these appear rubbed but mostly legible. Chains are base metal. To be sold with a photograph print of the item.