Pair of Antique English Barley Twist Heart Shape Candle Stands

Just arrived this rare pair of Antique English Novelty Silver Plate nautical Spoon Warmers in the form of Buoys. Very good antique condition, consistent with age and use. Please vie...

Just in this pristine antique English Root Bamboo magazine Rack in a beautiful tortoiseshell finish, this is a 19th Century English Bamboo Magazine or Newspaper Rack I say pristine ...

English Antique Two Tiered Burnt Bamboo Dessert Table/Serving Table This a very useful and quite Charmin table. The tray handles are Blametal faux bamboo The grasscloth on the trays ...

French Baroque style oval wall mirror. The mirror features a large bow and ribbon crowning the gilt mirror. A double iron candle holder to the front. This charming mirror has great...

Pair of David Marshall candl stand for three candles with an elegant and stylish flattened design, ideal for small candles and ambient light. Dimensions: 3 x 22 x 13 cm and 3 x 12 x...

Due to their utilitarian nature, surviving pairs of 17th century candle stands/torchères are extremely rare and generally only seen today in great houses. The quality of the marquetry decoration and the attention to detail indicate that these candle stands were probably made for a substantial household. The turned stems displays the skill of the turner, and create fluidity, variety of form, emphasing the quality of the solid walnut grain and the floral inlay as well as holding and balancing the form of the top. The sweeping, scroll feet balance the proportion and fluidity of the candle stands/torchères, giving them presence. They are sturdy and in excellent condition. Virtually identical turnings and form. Both with octagonal tops, one with a central marquetry floral spray, the other plain. The upper sections with solid walnut baluster and ring turnings leading into lower octagonal sections decorated with marquetry floral sprays repeated 3 times. The stems supported by octagonal blocks with a repeat of the floral spray and scroll tripod bases with two floral sprays on the upper facing sections. Excellent original colour and patina. English. Height 96cm, Top diameter 29cm Moveable stands to support a candlestick or lamp were intended to supplement the fixed lighting arrangements of rooms. The evidence of inventories suggests that they did not become common in France until about 1650 when they accompanied fine tables and cabinets. Such stands, being sometimes in the form of gueridons. The fashion for decorative candlestands spread rapidly after the Restoration, when they were often made en-suite to flank a sidetable with a mirror above. Such sets are mentioned in lists of household goods and by contemporary writers. In 1664, for instance, Mary Verney is anxious to obtain “a table and stands of the same coler”. The Academy of Armory, published in 1688, defines a candle-stand as a “little round table...

Fine pair of matching Regency candle stands with subtle lipped trays on top of unusually turned columns. Stands end with delicately carved cabriole legs with acanthus leaves on the k...

1970s George white handcrafted for the Barley collection Cherry tripod snake feet candle stand or side table in the Queen Anne style. Excellent condition....