Two Pairs of 18th C. Queen Anne Brass Candlesticks

England, circa 1750s, unmarked, baluster stems cast in halves and brazed, seam construction with integral sockets, the taller pair with welled petal form bobeche and distinctive swirl base (9 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.), the shorter pair with round welled bobeche over an undulated sconce, and welled lobed base (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.). Retaining purchase receipts from 1971.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Elizabeth R. Daniels, Gooseneck Antiques, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Good estate condition; underside of the taller pair with old solder to the peening.

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