A PAIR OF SILVER TABLE CANDLESTICKS (2)

Each with a tapered square stem, raised on a swept square base, height 22cm (loaded), Sheffield 1911, maker James Dixon & Sons Ltd
Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collectionCondition ReportThe top nozzles are both part marked, the candlesticks are of loaded constructionCandlestick on right of image; small dent to nozzle, several dents to drip pan, dented underneath where the top of the stem meets the drip pan, hallmarks are clear, one or two dents to the left hand decorated section of the base, also to a less extent on the other side. Size of base 10.1cm square. There are otherwise one or two other small surface marks. Baize to both is replaced, not done well.Candlestick on left of image; nozzle and drip pan are in better condition, but also dented underneath where the top of the stem meets the drip pan, hallmarks are clear. The lower edge of the bottom where the hallmark is, has several old dents, one or two other dents to the other edges. This side of the swept base has a distortion ridge above the hallmark area and also a few dents either side of the hallmark