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A PAIR OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLAE SILVER "BEEHIVE" TWO LIGHT CANDELABRA. GEORGE III, CIRCA 1795.

PROBABLY BY ROBERTS CADMAN & CO.

Of a very unusual design. Each with baluster form stems with a beehive capital (supported on four legs with paw feet), with two scroll arms each supporting a beehive capital, on a raised and stepped oval foot with reeded borders.

For a similar example, see Crosskey, G., Old Sheffield Plate, Treffry Publishing, 2011, figure 429, page 308.

Origin: English

Circa:1795

Height: 15.5 in. (39 cm.) |

Availability: Sold

Stock Ref: A9909

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