Whatever the process was, it involved using brass or some alloy the same color of brass to bind the two halves together, so that when the piece...
In my continuing research, I have found that brass candlesticks made in England were made in two halves and brazed together. This was done ca....
I would agree with the above assessments. These are commonly reproduced, and often buried in the ground for awhile to add patina.
I would imagine. The taller pair have more marks from turning than the smaller pair does.
The top one is one of the shorter candlesticks, the bottom is one of the taller ones. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Now these regularly go for upwards of $20,000. Victorian furniture went through the same cycle. When I was a kid in the 60's you couldn't give it...
I'm new to this forum but not to antiques. I grew up in Connecticut, and as a child was surrounded by antiques that had come through my family....
That would be great. The shorter pair I really like, and paid little for them, but the tall pair has been in my family forever..
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The plain base is for the taller candlesticks, the one with rings for the shorter pair. Both are 2...
I'm sort of at a dead end with identifying the origin and date of these two pair of candlesticks. I bought the shorter pair to the left at an...
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