A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS

A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS

BY BERNDORF, AUSTRIA, C.1850

each with tulip-shaped socket, removeable stepped sconce, baluster stem and circular spreading foot, punched 'BERNDORF ALPACCA' to the foot rim (2)

22.3cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 13, no. 17. Alpacca appears to be the trade name for items produced using nickel by Berndorf in the mid-19th century.