A pair of W.A.S Benson copper and brass mantelpiece candlesticks
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A pair of W.A.S Benson copper and brass mantelpiece candlesticks, with brass seedpod counterweight, scroll foot, the scroll stem supporting cylindrical copper sconce unsigned, 31cm. wide (2)
Provenance
H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Ian Hamerton Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, Antique Collector's Club, page 121 plate 98 for a comparable pair of candlestick illustrated.
