Candle-holder

Description

Detachable candle-holder for an elaborately decorated two-part candlestick of parcel-gilt silver with four separately made silver figures wearing 16th century costume mounted in niches on stem: English, London, by Hunt and Roskell, hallmarked 1856 - 1857

Museum reference

A.1988.37 C

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Candle-holder

Production information

Hunt and Roskell, Silversmith
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1856 - 1857

Materials

Silver, parcel-gilt

Physical description

Parcel-gilt silver

Exhibitions

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland