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5847. Antique William III Silver Candlesticks
A very rare pair of early antique sterling silver candlesticks dating from the end of the 1600s. These very fine candlesticks stand on square bases with canted corners and the gadroon borders are also repeated on the circular reeded columns. Fixed circular candle sconces. Excellent gauge silver. Weight 894 grams, 28.7 troy ounces. Height 23 cms. Base diameter 13.75 cms. London 1699. Maker William Denny and John Backe. Excellent condition.
Price £13,750 - click on photo for more images
5838. Antique Silver Italian Candlesticks – Nice circa 1815
A rare pair of antique silver candle holders from Italian owned Nice. Very good gauge silver. Removable sconces. Weight 648 grams, 20.8 troy ounces. Height 20 cms approx. Italian silver marks for Nice. Circa 1815.
Price £1,850 - click on photo for more images
5819. George II Cast Silver Candlesticks
A lovely plain style pair of antique sterling silver cast candlesticks with faceted columns and having a shaped base and sunken well. Each bears the crest of Lucas of Wateringbury, Kent. Excellent condition and fine patina. Weight 779 grams, 25 troy ounces. Height 17 cms. Base width 10 cms. London 1729/33. Makers Edward Pocock and James Gould.
Price £2,750 SOLD
5778. Pair of Georgian Silver Candlesticks
A good pair of antique sterling silver candle holders with detachable sconces. Very attractive scroll design. Height 28 cms. Diameter of base 14.5 cms. Sheffield 1816. Sconces marked 1817/20. All same maker John Watson.
Price £2,450 - click on photo for more images
5722. Pair of George II Paktong Candlesticks
A rare pair of antique cast paktong candlesticks in the typical George II style with shaped base and knopped stem. Made in 2 pieces the stem screws onto the base. Heavy weight 1137 grams, 36.5 troy ounces. Height 20.5 cms. Base 10.5 x 10.5 cms. English circa 1740. Paktong is a rare Chinese alloy imported in small quantities during the eighteenth century and used to make, primarily, candlesticks but also fire grates and a few other domestic wares. It is a very hard metal and slow to tarnish.
Price £1,850 RESERVED
5706. Antique Continental Candlesticks
A pretty pair of antique continental candle holders. Plain style with tapering columns, square bases and engraved bands of decoration. Weight 595 grams, 19.1 troy ounces. Height 25.5 cms. Base 10x10 cms. Marked around the base with continental silver stamps and assay scrape. Circa 1800. Probably German.
Price £1,550 - click on photo for more images
5705. Antique Italian Silver Candlesticks
An attractive pair of antique continental candle holders with simple plain styling. Weight 511 grams, 16.4 troy ounces. Height 26 cms. Diameter of base 12 cms. Marked round the base with Italian silver stamps for Rome. Late 18th century.
Price £1,250 - click on photo for more images
5570. George III Cast Silver Candlesticks
An excellent pair of antique sterling silver candle holders by the well regarded Huguenot maker John Jacob. On squared bases with shell corners and having wrythen stems and detachable sconces. Each with the crest of a lion. Weight 1428 grams, 4.6 troy ounces. London 1763. Maker John Jacob.
Price £5,675 - click on photo for more images
5565. George I Cast Irish Silver Candlesticks
A fine pair of cast antique Irish sterling silver candlesticks with simple design, a geometrical pattern and octagonal base. Each has a crest and motto engraved to the base. Good weight 610 grams, 19.6 troy ounces. Height 15.5 cms. Diameter of base 10.2 cms.Typically for items up to 1730 they have two hallmarks, the harp crowned and the date letter for Dublin 1719 (marked in the well of the base). In addition the crowned harp is also stamped around the top of each stick. No makers mark.
Price £9,750 SOLD
5507. George III Silver Candlesticks
A fine pair of heavy antique cast silver candlesticks with pierced Corinthian capitals and square bases with acanthus decoration and gadroon borders. Matching crest engraved to top of sconce and corner of candlestick base. Weight 1318 grams, 42.3 troy ounces. Height 30.5 cms. Base 13 x 13 cms. London 1762. Maker Alex Johnston.
Price £5,385
5506. George III Silver Candlesticks by Ebenezer Coker
A fine pair of heavy antique cast silver candlesticks with pierced Corinthian capitals and square bases with acanthus decoration and gadroon borders. Weight 1337 grams, 43 troy ounces. Height 30.5 cms. Base 13.5 x 13.5 cms. London 1772. Maker Ebenezer Coker.
Price £5,385 - click on photo for more images
5446. George II Cast Silver Candlesticks
Unusual broad dimensions and very heavy weight. An excellent pair of antique sterling silver cast candlesticks with faceted columns and having a shaped base with crest and sunken well. Excellent condition and fine patina. Weight 1004 grams, 32.2 troy ounces. Height 19 cms. Base width 11 cms. London 1756. Maker William Grundy.
Price £5,750 - click on photo for more images
5802. Antique French Cast Silver Candlesticks
A fine lot. A pair of Louis XV silver candlesticks in the elegant simple style typical of that period. Each bears a crisp armorial to the front. Heavy cast weight – 964 grams, 31 troy ounces. Height 23 cms. Diameter of base 13 cms. Stamped below with French silver marks for Paris 1738-44. Discharge mark on the base edge. Also marked inside the tops. Maker J Bellanger.
Price £6,950 - click on photo for more images
5255. George II Silver Candlesticks
A fine pair of antique sterling silver candlesticks with faceted columns and shaped bases with sunken wells. Heavy cast silver and good original colour. Weight 664 grams, 21.3 troy ounces. Height 16 cms. Bases 10 cms square. London 1738. Maker Gabriel Sleath.
Price £4,350 - click on photo for more images
5199. Pair of Georgian Silver Telescopic Candlesticks
Very sought after. An unusual pair of antique extending silver candlesticks with gadroon borders and attractive shell bases. The candle sticks have an inside sleeve which allows the candle sticks to be used at two different heights. Removable sconces. Height 22 cms and 28 cms. Diameter of base 13 cms. Sheffield 1814. Maker John Roberts & Co.
Price £2,650 - click on photo for more images
4022. Georgian Silver Candlesticks by John Scofield
A superb pair of antique sterling silver candlesticks with simple elegant styling typical of the period. Engraved with a coat of arms and motto to the base. Weight 40 troy ounces approx. Height 30 cms. Diameter of base 14 cms. London 1795.
Price £6,850 SOLD
3778. Pair of Georgian Silver Candlesticks.
A shapely pair of plain design antique candlesticks having slim tapering columns and circular bases with engraved borders. Height 22 cms. Diameter of base 13.5 cms. Sheffield 1802. Maker Nathaniel Smith & Co.
Price £2,150 - click on photo for more images
3740. Set of 4 Georgian Silver Candlesticks.
An elegant set of fine quality antique sterling silver candlesticks in the classical style having round bases and tapering fluted columns. Loaded with turned wooden bases. With matching crest to base and sconce. Height 12 inches. Sheffield 1774. By John Parsons and Co.
Price £SOLD
5731. Victorian Pair of Silver Candlesticks
An attractive pair of antique sterling silver candle holders with detachable sconces and pretty flower decoration. Height 24.5 cms. Sheffield 1851,3. Maker J & N Creswick.
Price £SOLD
5322. Victorian Silver Corinthian Candlesticks
A tall pair of antique sterling silver candlesticks with fluted columns and attractive square decorative bases. Removable sconces. Height 33.5 cms. Base 14 cms square. Sheffield 1896. Maker Walter Latham. Wear to the sconces.
Price £1,375 - click on photo for more images
4414. Victorian Cast Silver Candlesticks
A good pair of antique sterling silver candlesticks in the Georgian style. Weight 28 troy ounces. Height 19 cms. Base 10 cms square. London 1892. Maker James Garrard of the crown’s jewellers R & S Garrard and Co.
Price £1,685 - click on photo for more images
5873. Art Deco Style Silver Candlesticks
A smart pair of sterling silver candle holders in their original box. Plain hexagonal style with detachable sconces. Height 6 cms. Diameter of base 8 cms. Birmingham 1959. Maker Turner & Simpson.
Price £575 - click on photo for more images
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5480. Pair of Antique Style Irish Cast Silver Candlesticks
A heavy pair of Dublin sterling silver candle holders in the antique style with octafoil bases and detachable sconces. Excellent quality. 27 troy ounces approx. Height 15 cms. Dublin 1969. Maker Royal Irish.
Price £875 SOLD
5201. Vintage Pair of Silver Candlesticks
A pair of 1930’s plain style silver candlesticks with tall shaped columns. Height 23.5 cms. Base diameter 10 cms. Birmingham 1938.
Price £545 - click on photo for more images
5033. Georgian Style Silver Candlesticks
An elegant pair of Adam style sterling silver candle holders with tapering reeded columns and having oval shaped bases. Height 29 cms. Base measures 15 x 12 cms. London 1966. Maker DJS.
Price £875 SOLD
4448. Cast Pair of Vintage Silver Candlesticks
A heavy pair of Queen Anne style sterling silver candlesticks with circular bases. Weight 22 troy ounces approx. Height 15 cms. London 1969.
Price £825 SOLD
5806. Georgian Telescopic Candlesticks in Old Sheffield Plate
An attractive antique pair of plain style candle holders which are extendable in height. Simple plain styling with a little copper showing. Detachable sconces. Height 17 cms (21 cms extended).
Price £345 - click on photo for more images
5796. Victorian Silver Plated Candlesticks
A good pair of antique silver plated candle holders with reeded columns and Corinthian capitals. Detachable sconces. Height 24.5 cms. Base 11.25 x 11.25 cms. Circa 1870.
Price £375 - click on photo for more images
5745. Pair of Georgian Candlesticks in Old Sheffield Plate
A tall pair of antique candle holders with gadroon borders and detachable sconces. Height 26 cms. Diameter of base 13 cms. Circa 1820. Stamped on the edge of the bases with the double star mark for maker Matthew Boulton, Sheffield. Replated.
Price £SOLD
5740. Pair of Georgian Candlesticks in Old Sheffield Plate
An elegant pair of antique candle holders with square bases and Corinthian capitals. Simple plain style with bead borders. Detachable sconces. Height 27.5 cms. Base 11.5 cms x 11.5 cms. Circa 1790. Some copper showing.
Price £435 - click on photo for more images
5376. Pair of Silver Plate and Horn Candlesticks
A decorator item. An antique pair of horn candlesticks with silver plated mounts. Height 16.5 cms. Spread 29 cms. Circa 1890. Silver plated.
Price £465 - click on photo for more images
3282. Victorian Silver Plate and Horn Candlesticks.
A very decorative pair of square based candlesticks with tall horn mounts and detachable silver plated candle sconces. Circa 1900. By Joseph Rodgers.
Price £1275 - click on photo for more images
5185. Early Continental Silver Bougie Box
An unusual antique silver wax taper holder with cut card work and flower decoration to the body. The wax coil would have been contained inside the drum shaped box. Weight 103 grams, 3.3 troy ounces. Height 8.5 cms. Width 7.5 cms (excluding handle). Diameter 7 cms. Marked on the front with an assay scrape, Nuremberg mark and makers mark. 18th century.
Price £1,750 - click on photo for more images
5067. Victorian Silver Plated Wax Jack
An antique silver plated wax jack with circular base and carrying handle, wax winder and a candle snuffer with chain attached. Height 16 cms. Circa 1870. Made by Mappin and Webb. Candle wax decorative only.
Price £275 - click on photo for more images
5862. Pair of Georgian Silver Piano Chamber Sticks by Matthew Boulton
A rare pair of antique sterling silver chamber sticks by the sought after silversmith Matthew Boulton. With gadroon borders and circular side handles. Weight 422 grams, 13.5 troy ounces. Height 6.5 cms. Diameter of base 6.5 cms. Fully stamped on each handle and sconce. London 1821.
Price £2,250 - click on photo for more images
5840. Set of 4 Antique Silver Plated Chambersticks
A rare set of antique silver plated storm lamps with matching candle snuffers. Georgian style with scroll handle and decorative borders, each one is numbered 1-4. The tall glass funnels enable the lamps to be used out of doors without risk of the flames being extinguished. Height 22 cms. Diameter of base 16 cms. Circa 1880. Silver plated.
Price £575 SOLD
5823. Pair of Victorian Silver Chamber Sticks
An interesting pair of arts and crafts style chambersticks in sterling silver. Total weight 345 grams, 11 troy ounces. Height 5 cms. Diameter 11.5 cms. London 1882. Maker John Chapple and John Mantle.
Price £975 - click on photo for more images
5750. Pair of Georgian Silver Chamber Sticks
A pair of very pretty antique sterling silver chamber sticks of small size. With shell and gadroon borders and matching snuffer on a chain. Weight 195 grams, 6.2 troy ounces. Height 5.5 cms. Length 9.5 cms. Width 7.5 cms. London 1821. Maker T and J Settle.
Price £765 SOLD
5637. Victorian Silver Chamberstick and Snuffer
A plain style antique sterling silver chamber stick with matching snuffer. There is a crest engraved to both stand and snuffer. An unusual feature is the push up lever to assist removal of used candles. Weight 352 grams, 11.3 troy ounces. Height 8 cms. Length 16.5 cms. Width 12.5 cms. All pieces with matching silver stamps. London 1850. Maker Charles Thomas Fox and George Fox.
Price £945 SOLD
5249. Antique Silver Plated and Ivory Chamberstick and Matchstriker
A highly stylish antique silver plated chamber stick with ivory tusk handle and match holder. The decorative pendant weight serves as a novelty match striker. Height 20 cms. Base 16.5 x 13.5 cms. Maker B.F.M & Sons.
Price £345 SOLD
5664. Pair of Georgian Silver Taper Sticks
A rare pair of antique cast silver tapersticks with shell bases and detachable sconces. These little sticks are lovely - superb condition and very pretty detail with a rope twist ornament to the top and column. There is a crest of cross arrows engraved to the top of each stick. Weight 362 grams, 11.6 troy ounces. Height 14 cms. Diameter of base 9 cms. London 1763. Maker Ebenezer Coker.
Price £3,650 - click on photo for more images
5238. Pair of Antique Silver Tapersticks
An unusual pair of antique continental silver tapersticks with detachable sconces. Weight 85 grams, 2.7 troy ounces. Height 10 cms. Diameter of bases 5 cms. Continental silver marks. Circa 1900.
Price £345 - click on photo for more images
5718. Antique Snuffer Stand and Candle Snuffers in Old Sheffield Plate
An attractive Georgian old Sheffield plate snuffer stand with matching candle snuffer scissors with spring action. The stand with shell and flower border. Stand measures 25 x 11 cms. Scissors length 17.5 cms. Circa 1830. Makers stamp to base – crown mark.
Price £175 SOLD