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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 214457, member: 44"]Fenechsoler, welcome to the forums!</p><p><br /></p><p>As Komo said photos should be posted actually in a message. Very few people will click a link, especially an unfamiliar one, to see pictures. The pics in a message should also be "Full Image." I have taken the liberty of cropping and resizing your huge pics for posting. Pics should be cropped and resized before posting. Large pics are very hard to see in such media as smart phones, iPads, etc... Resizing should consider the weight and dimensions of pictures. All your pics dimensional-wide are either 2000 px wide X 1333 px high or 1333 px wide X 2000 px high. Pics in message shouldn't be over 650px wide for easier viewing by all. Weight-wise your pics range from:</p><p><br /></p><p>1,012 KB = 1,035,704 bytes to 418 KB = 427,513 bytes.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the moment I can't help you on IDing these candlesticks and wick trimmer. They are silver plated copper. With the copper showing is called "blooming" or "bleeding." This can be a good indicator of age. The *candlesticks* may?? date back to the early 1800s, Georgian??? They could be considered old Sheffield plate?</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_plate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_plate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_plate</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Have you searched all the items for any signs of a mark? Do wait for others to chime in. They are lovely candlesticks with circular bases and acanthus leaves around the lower half of the tapered stems.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>After editing now 450px wide X 685 high 62 KB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now 400px wide X 371px high 35 KB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63096[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>400px wide X 351px high 43 KB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63097[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>400px wide X 356px high 37KB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63098[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63101[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63102[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 214457, member: 44"]Fenechsoler, welcome to the forums! As Komo said photos should be posted actually in a message. Very few people will click a link, especially an unfamiliar one, to see pictures. The pics in a message should also be "Full Image." I have taken the liberty of cropping and resizing your huge pics for posting. Pics should be cropped and resized before posting. Large pics are very hard to see in such media as smart phones, iPads, etc... Resizing should consider the weight and dimensions of pictures. All your pics dimensional-wide are either 2000 px wide X 1333 px high or 1333 px wide X 2000 px high. Pics in message shouldn't be over 650px wide for easier viewing by all. Weight-wise your pics range from: 1,012 KB = 1,035,704 bytes to 418 KB = 427,513 bytes. At the moment I can't help you on IDing these candlesticks and wick trimmer. They are silver plated copper. With the copper showing is called "blooming" or "bleeding." This can be a good indicator of age. The *candlesticks* may?? date back to the early 1800s, Georgian??? They could be considered old Sheffield plate? [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_plate[/URL] Have you searched all the items for any signs of a mark? Do wait for others to chime in. They are lovely candlesticks with circular bases and acanthus leaves around the lower half of the tapered stems. --- Susan After editing now 450px wide X 685 high 62 KB [ATTACH=full]63095[/ATTACH] Now 400px wide X 371px high 35 KB [ATTACH=full]63096[/ATTACH] 400px wide X 351px high 43 KB [ATTACH=full]63097[/ATTACH] 400px wide X 356px high 37KB [ATTACH=full]63098[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63102[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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