M.H. Wilkens & Söhne Candelabras

Pair of festive silver girandoles on projecting circular stand with four star-shaped feet, raised two-tiered foot with applied dolphins and cartouches, baluster-shaped shaft with six candelabrum arms with down-turned volutes decorated with flowers and fruit and leaf festoons hanging in between, seven vase-shaped spouts with removable inserts, shaft and foot with extensive satin finish, rich chased and sculpted vegetal decoration on all parts. - WILKENS - Manufacture brand for M. H. Wilkens & Sons, Bremen-Hemelingen, Germany Founded in Bremen in 1810 by goldsmith Martin Heinrich Wilkens, handicraft production and repairs, after the eldest sons Diedrich and Carl joined the company from about 1830 mint company, sales of semi-finished goods and silverware beyond Bremen, production of medals and coins on behalf of the Bremen state, from 1851, supply to world exhibitions, from 1857, steam engine to drive the presses and spinning benches, from 1859, enlargement and expansion of the company to become one of the three most important German silverware manufacturers, still a well-known supplier of high-quality silver and stainless steel tableware today - 800 - silver fineness - Crescent in Polygon - WILKENS maker's mark 1874-1886 (after that: screw press) - 33307, 33308 - Order numbers, Year 1877 (order numbers 32170-34599) Made 1877 - Historicism 'Second Rococo...