- Titles Pair of Candlesticks (Descriptive)
- Artist Matthew Boulton, British, born Birmingham 1728 - died 1809, Birmingham
- Medium silver
- Dimensions 12 × 5 9/16 in. Diam. (30.5 × 14.1 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.460.1998.1-.2a-b
- Work Type candlesticks
- Classification Furnishings and Equipment
- Signature Unsigned
- Marks 1a base: lion passant; anchor; maker's mark: MB; date letter: f; duty mark: king's head; 14:4 1b: anchor; lion passant; maker's mark: MB; date letter: f, duty mark: king's head 2a base: lion passant; anchor; maker's mark: MB; date letter: f; duty mark: king's head; 14:3 2b: anchor; lion passant; maker's mark: MB; date letter: f, duty mark: king's head
- Inscription The engraved Initials WM with a rampant lion on the bases and bobeches; the interior of the candlesticks contain an engraved W.
- Provenance Dealer William Walter Antiques, London, England; purchased by Catherine H. Collins (1922-1998), Birmingham, Alabama; by bequest to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art in 1998