PAIR OF SEVEN LIGHT CANDLABS AND THEIR SILVER BABIES Probably Erik Ekström 1819-1840 (1845)
Växjö (Sweden), first half of the 19th century
The round base with palmette mouldings, the shaft with sides in a stylised Corinthian column, resting on six lions supporting a cylindrical base applied with a circle of women dressed in the ancient style under a leafy terrace on an Amati background; the branches decorated at the base with swans with outstretched wings surmounted by a gadrooned sphere and winged putti, the stopper in the shape of a swan, the binets in the shape of a baluster with gadroons; accidents and restoration at the attachment of a branch
Only inscribed with the goldsmith's hallmark (in full letter) Ekström
Import stamp (the swan)
H. 76 cm (30 in.)
Gross weight : 12 Kg 695
A pair of silver seven-light candelabra, probably Erik Ekström, Växjö (Sweden), first half of the 19th century