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A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA

MARK OF DOMINICK & HAFF, NEW YORK, 1894, RETAILED BY SCHUMMAN'S SONS, NEW YORK

Closed19 May 2010

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A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF DOMINICK & HAFF, NEW YORK, 1894, RETAILED BY SCHUMMAN'S SONS, NEW YORK
Renaissance pattern, each on pierced foliate scroll base with male and female masks, the baluster form standard, detachable six-arm branch and sockets chased with floral decoration, the drip pans and waxpans with conforming masks, each marked under base
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 312 oz. 10 dwt. (9,735 gr.) (2)

Specialist note

The jewelry firm Schumman's Sons was located at 716 Fifth Avenue, as noted by The New York Times upon the death of George H. Schumann in 1912. He had worked with his brother Charles for 20 years and prior to that with his father.