Live Auction 8999Colefax and Fowler, Then and Now: Collections From Hambleden Manor, Lushill, and 39 Brook Street, Mayfair
A PAIR OF BRAZILIAN CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 268

A PAIR OF BRAZILIAN CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF QUINTINO ANTONIO RAPOSO, RIO DE JANEIRO, CIRCA 1840 (ALMEIDA BR-152)

Closed10 July 2013

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GBP 500

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A PAIR OF BRAZILIAN CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF QUINTINO ANTONIO RAPOSO, RIO DE JANEIRO, CIRCA 1840 (ALMEIDA BR-152)
On shaped square bases, the columns with floral bands and petalled nozzles
9¼ in. (23 cm.) high
33.5 oz. (1041 gm.) (2)

Probably acquired by Count Bernardo Attolico di Adelfia when Italian Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro, 1927-1930 and by descent to his daughter Maria Carmela, Viscountess Hambleden, at Hambleden Manor, Buckinghamshire.