Pair of English cut glass four candle branch Candelabra with stars
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Pair of English cut glass four candle branch Candelabra with stars
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Pair of English cut glass four candle branch Candelabra with stars:
the four lower hexagonal-cut branches bearing candle cups and pans;
the two upper branches and centre spire ornament with glass canopy
and star surmounts; dressed with festoons and racemes of ‘chain-pear’
prisms and pear-shaped pendants. Circa 1830, restored.
Height: | 28" | - | 74.0cm |
Width: | 18" | - | 46.0cm |
Projection: | 18" | - | 46.0cm |
Glossary Words
candelabra
Plural of candelabrum. A pair of candle-holders with two or more branches.
'chain-pear' prism
A particularly elegant 18th century cut-glass prism, found on Irish style chandeliers and wall- lights; copied by Osler and others in the late 19th century.
English 'pear' pendant
Pear-shaped cut-glass pendant with a facetted front and pointed star back.