Pair of ornate candlesticks each on shaped square base cast with Rococo shell and foliate motifs the knopped baluster stem with similar foliate decoration the spool shaped socket with plain central band and two rope like bands one each above and below the detachable nozzles likewise with foliate ornamentation both the base and the nozzle engraved with a lion passant over crown crest unidentified

Pair of Candlesticks

William Bateman, London, England

1823-1824

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