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Antique Rare Elkington Huge Sterling Silver Candelabra

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USE OUR SECURE SHOPPING CART ! YOU MUST INPUT YOUR SHIPPING INFORMATION IN OUR ONLINE SHOPPING CART! Multiple Auctions: We can combine most auctions to save you money on shipping. We are utilizing eBay's calculated shipping and the shipping cost is calculated with their system. This will appear when you use our shopping cart. Described By: Andre, AJP GIA, RG ISG Title Antique Rare Elkington Sterling Silver Candelabra Description You are bidding on Vintage Antique Rare Elkington Sterling Silver Candelabra. 5 arm 6 candle candleholder with 3 winged griffins and 5 serpents. HUGE heavy sterling silver candle holder. Terrific design that will blow your mind away. Spectacular piece! Birmingham hallmarks with an anchor lion passant and monarch duty mark. Has a beautifully engraved griffin on the bottom part that looks like a family crest, but no initials. Beautiful details! Please view our detailed pictures! This item is a part of a No Reserve Estate sale, that includes Silver, Antiques and Artworks, etc. Be sure to check our other auctions for more RARE and UNIQUE antiques and beautiful jewelry. We are offering this piece at NO Reserve! Good luck on bidding! Here are the specifications Manufacturer/Maker: Birmingham maker: Elkington & Co. Circa: 1864-65 Number of pieces: 1 Height: 28" tall Width: 15.5" at the widest at the top by 9.5" wide on the bottom Weight: 9.5 lbs Condition: Overall Very good with minor wear, unpolished with original patina. Has a small separation on one of the arms shown on last 2 pictures. No major dents that I can see, only a couple of tiny dings on the bottom part Initials/Engraving: N/a Hallmarks: English Birmingham hallmarks: E Co. P Metal: Sterling Silver Estimated Size of package: 30 x 30 x 30" Estimated total weight of package: 15 lbs History of Company or Maker: Elkington & Co. was an important 19th C. firm with very wide range. Quality is always superb. Designs vary from run-of-the-mill commercial to extremely important by people like Morel-Ladueil and Dr. C Dresser HISTORY OF ELKINGTON & COMPANY Inventors of Silver Plating. The originators of silver-plating were George Richards Elkington and Henry Elkington who began their research in times of the industrial revolution. By the 1830's they had patented their processes and 1840 saw the technique of electro-plating brought to perfection. John Culme, in his Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, said that "Elkington Electroplate was soon accepted with the result that the firm allowed a number of manufacturers to use the technique under licence. Among the earliest granted were those of Christofle & Cie of France". Royal EndorsementsIn 1868, Queen Victoria permitted much of the royal plate to be copied by Elkingtons and after that a convention was entered into by "several Princes of the reigning families of Europe" whereby they agreed mutually to assist the company in allowing copies of their own national objects for the process of art. Royal Warrants. For its excellence in artistic quality and fine design for which the company has received the highest possible awards at the Great International Exhibitions, Elkington & Co has been awarded the Legion d'Honneur of the French Republic and has the distinction and honour of holding Royal Warrants to their late Majesties Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, King George V, Queen Mary and King George VI, as well as the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) and H.R.H. the late Princess Christian and their late majesties the King of Spain and King of Italy. RMS Titanic & White Star Line Elkington were the suppliers of flatware to the luxury dining sections on board the Titanic and other ships in the White Star Line fleet. More information: The griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and often wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Griffins are normally known for guarding treasure. In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.Most contemporary illustrations give the griffin the forelegs of an eagle, with an eagle's legs and talons, although in some older illustrations it has a lion's forelimbs; it generally has a lion's hindquarters. Its eagle's head is conventionally given prominent ears; these are sometimes described as the lion's ears, but are often elongated (more like a horse's), and are sometimes feathered.Infrequently, a griffin is portrayed without wings (or a wingless eagle-headed lion is identified as a griffin); in 15th-century and later heraldry such a beast may be called an alce or a keythong. In heraldry, a griffin always has aquiline forelimbs; the beast with leonine forelimbs was distinguished by perhaps only one English herald of later heraldry as the opinicus; the modern generalist calls it the lion-griffin. Please note in bidding, or buying this auction you are entering into a binding contract. In bidding or buying you are agreeing to all policies stated below. All international bidders click here before you bid for our payment terms and Customs declaration policy Click For our contact information. 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