Substantial Sheffield Plate Candelabra

Product Details

Substantially sized Sheffield silver plate candelabra / candlesticks, English 19th century.  The branches are removable to create a tall pair of candlesticks.  Complete with the original bobeches, removable  for ease of cleaning and storage.

The candelabra are 18” (45.7cm) high, as candlesticks only 12” (30.5cm) high,

18” (45.7cm) across the branches, 5 1/2” (14cm) diameter at the base.

$2995 for the pair.

Sheffield Plate, often called Old Sheffield Plate, is a historical material and technique created by fusing a thin sheet of sterling silver onto a base metal, usually copper. Discovered in the 1740s in Sheffield, England, it provided an affordable alternative to solid sterling silver.

More information on the full history of Sheffield Plate is available on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sheffield_Plate