Stunning Pair American Sterling Silver Corinthian Column Candlesticks 1870

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Stunning Pair American Sterling Silver Corinthian Column Candlesticks 1870 :
$1299.00

PAIR OF STERLING SILVER CORINTHIAN COLUMN CANDLESTICKS

AMERICAN MAKERS WALLACE & SONS, CT. CIRCA 1870

AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A RARE MATCHING PAIR OF R. WALLACE & Co CANDLESTICKS IN THE FORM OF CORINTHIAN COLUMNS, IN AMAZING CONDITION CONSIDERING THEY ARE OVER 140 YEARS OLD. STANDING JUST UNDER 9 INCHES TALL ON A BASE 4 INCHES WIDE BY 4 INCHES LONG.

THESE WONDERFUL STERLING SILVER CANDLESTICKS OF CLASSIC CORINTHIAN COLUMN STYLE WEIGH 544 & 549 GRAMS. (1093 GRAMS TOTAL) THEY ARE WEIGHTED WITH SOLID STERLING BASES. STANDING ON STEPPED FOOTED AND SLOPED BASES WITH BEADING ALONG THE MIDDLE TIER. FLUTED COLUMNS CULMINATE IN A GORGEOUS ACANTHUS LEAF AND BEADED SCROLLWORK. STAMPED WITH THE MAKERS MARK ON EACH BASE OF \"R W & S\" WITH A STAGS HEAD BETWEEN (INDICATING ONE OF THIER EARLIEST MAKERS MARK (AFTER 1871).

IN OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY A FEW VARIOUS DINTS NOTED IN THE FLUTING OF BOTH COLUMNS. THE BASES ARE DENT AND DING FREE (AMAZING CONSIDERING THEIR AGE) THE DRIP COVERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND FIT TIGHT AND SNUG BUT REMOVE EASILY. OVERALL, THIS PAIR OF STUNNING CANDLESTICKS LOOK TO HAVE BEEN RARELY USED, AND WERE MOST PROBABLY FOR DISPLAY

The founder of the firm was Robert Wallace who, after his apprenticeship to Captain William Mix, began in 1833 his own manufacture of Britannia (a pewter alloy) spoons. In 1834 Wallace started the manufacture of spoons in German silver, supplying his production to Hall, Elton & Co until 1849.
In 1849 Wallace entered in partnership with J.B. Pomeroy manufacturing German silver spoons on contract for Fred R. Curtis & Co of Hartford and Britannia spoons for Hall, Elton & Co and Edgar Atwater of Wallingford.
In 1855 was formed the R. Wallace & Co in partnership with Samuel Simpson, H.C. Wilcox, W.W. Lyman and Isaac C. Lewis (partners in the Meriden Britannia Co). In 1865 a new contract was made and the firm was organised under the name of Wallace, Simpson & Co.
Robert Wallace took in 1870 the entire control of the firm and the corporate name changed again to R.Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. in partnership with his sons Robert B. and William J. and his son-in-law W.J. Leavenworth.
In 1875 was founded the Wallace Brothers, a co-partnership of Robert Wallace, his sons Robert B., William J., Henry L., George H., Frank A. and his sons-in-law W.J. Leavenworth and D.E. Morris. The firm manufactured silverplate flatware on a base of cast steel and silverplated holloware. The holloware production ceased in 1879 and Wallace Brothers was acquired by the corporation of R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co.

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