Please identify candlesticks
Please identify candlesticks
I recognise the lion and the crown: 925, Sheffield. But what does the rest mean?
Re: Please identify candlesticks
Hi,
Welcome to the Forum.
John Winter & Co., one of the great 18th century candlestick makers. Assayed at Sheffield in 1777.
Wonderful item. Is this one of a pair?
Trev.
Welcome to the Forum.
John Winter & Co., one of the great 18th century candlestick makers. Assayed at Sheffield in 1777.
Wonderful item. Is this one of a pair?
Trev.
Re: Please identify candlesticks
Thanks for the reply, Trev. 1777: wow! I have four of them.
Re: Please identify candlesticks
A set of four! You're blessed!
John Winter served his apprenticeship under Thomas Law and made nothing but candlesticks, both in silver and Sheffield Plate. Your candlesticks would have been die-struck, the same dies were used in the manufacture of both materials. His mark is often found overstamped by important London silversmiths of the period. His work was always to a high standard and his candlesticks were made using silver solder, unlike many others who used soft solder.
Trev.
John Winter served his apprenticeship under Thomas Law and made nothing but candlesticks, both in silver and Sheffield Plate. Your candlesticks would have been die-struck, the same dies were used in the manufacture of both materials. His mark is often found overstamped by important London silversmiths of the period. His work was always to a high standard and his candlesticks were made using silver solder, unlike many others who used soft solder.
Trev.