Lot 298
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CAST SILVERGILT CANDLESTICKS
on shaped openwork scroll bases modelled as two putti & a spouting dolphin with a part-polished & part matt textured finish, & leaf wrapped capitals, by Robert John Harvey (for J. Harvey & Co.), London 1850, also with incuse retailer's mark on the base; 9.5" (24.2 cms) high; 76.75 oz (2)
*Literature:
See Culme, J: The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914, Vol. I pp.219. For a full account of James Harvey & Co. where it notes "At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Harvey & Co., designated proprietors shows a silver candelabrum..... Silver fluted claret jug from the antique. Silver plain water jug, from the antique. Silver water jug, from the antique with subjects engraved from designs by Flaxman. Silver statuette of Mercury, designed by Woodington. Silver chased Italian pattern tea & coffee service..... Chased silvergilt sacremental service, etc. and a pair of silver-chased candlesticks - Boys and Dolphin"
