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Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)

Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 195

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e baker, the candlestick-maker, was written, but it is evident, from the connection, that thelast-mentioned was one of the important members of thecommunity; in fact, there have been many English silver-smiths who never made anything but candlesticks. Silver sconces are quite rare. Good examples,… … No 110 1754) Owner, Mr. Robert Hoe, New York CANDELABRA The ancient Romans had candelabra, but when in Latinwriters we meet with the word candelabrum, we must un-derstand it, in most cases, to mean a support for a lamp orlamps. The candelabra were made of different materials,including the precious…

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