$948
Six Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Brass Candlesticks, James Clews and Sons of Manilla Works, Birmingham, England, c. 1900, push-up candlesticks with diamond-faceted knop and cut-corner square bases designed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the size impressed on the base of some, a pair of "THE ACE OF DIAMONDS," a near pair of "THE KING OF DIAMONDS," one "THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS," and one "THE DIAMOND PRINCESS," ht. 14, 12 1/2, 11 1/2, 10 7/8 in., respectively. ACE- push-up device is missing on one and disk is missing from push-up on the other; KING- one is missing the impressed marks, the other is missing the push-up device; QUEEN- candlecup is bent; PRINCESS-missing push-up disk.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-03-06
