18-England, London: pair of hand candlesticks... Lot 18

18-England, London: pair of hand candlesticks and their snuffers. Models with radiating ribs and gadrooned borders. Fluted binets. Fluted and gadrooned-bordered bobèches. Their snuffers with ribbed and gadrooned edges. Snunets with engraved shell decoration. Candleholders have an unidentified coat of arms in an oval (an ox's head, a two-headed eagle and a standing lion, all under an open crown). Markings under the bodies: uncrowned leopard's head, passing lion, letter date B in a shield, a male face in profile in an oval (duty mark) for London between 29 May and 20 June 1837. Sterling silver (see: "Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England...", page 62). Master Goldsmith depicting a W.B. in a double circle. Punches on the extinguishers: passing lion, male face in profile in an oval (duty mark), letter B, for London between May 29 and June 20, 1837, and Master Goldsmith punch W.B in a double circle. Hallmarks on the bobèches: passing lion, duty mark (Queen Victoria's head in an oval = after 21 June 1837) and small goldsmith's hallmark W.B. in a rectangle. Diameter : 14.5 cm Weight: 618g