Victorian Silver Plate Banquet Candelabra by Elkington & Co

A pair of impressive Victorian silver plate six-light banquet…
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A pair of impressive Victorian silver plate six-light banquet candelabra, Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1853 and 1854, each with a raised central light surrounded by five further lights on outswept arms, modelled as a woody grape vine rising from a circular plinth on three foliate feet, the base of each stem mounted with three figures of putti, grape bunch and leaf details throughout, the central light with a finialed cap, the other lights with removable nozzles, each plinth engraved to one side with a lion rampant crest above a knot of foliage, each with the maker's mark and date letter to one foot, 76 cm high

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  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.

    The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
  • Putto / Putti / Amorino / Amorini - A putto (plural: putti) or amerino (plural: amerini) is a cherub or cupid frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and sculpture, especially of the Renaissance and Baroque periods and later used as a decorative element in the design of furniture, ceramics, statuary etc. They are usually depicted as chubby males, or of indeterminate gender, often with wings. Their depiction may represent an association with love, heaven, peace or prosperity.

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