Pair of Sterling Art Deco three light Candlesticks C.1935

by Louis Wine

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Pair of Sterling Art Deco three light Candlesticks C.1935

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Pair of Petersen Sterling Art Deco three light Candlesticks Candelabra Carl Poul Petersen Montreal C.1935. Exquisitely hand-wrought mounted on domed circular stepped bases, the central sections of three stylized scrolls each supporting a funnel conical shape candlestick each of a subtly graduated different height. Wonderful form and a design I have never seen or had by Petersen. They measure 6.75 inches high at the highest point and 6.20 inches at the lowest point. Total length is 7.50 inches. Diameter of base: 4.25 inches. Total weight: 927 grams. These are not loaded … solid sterling silver. Condition: Very good, recently polished and restored as original. Reflections from photography only. Petersen hand made Sterling marks to underside of bases. Petersen (1895-1977), married Georg Jensen’s daughter and emigrated from Denmark to Montreal in 1929. First employed by Henry Birks & Sons, then founded his own firm, Petersen’s three sons were his first apprentices. From 1947 onwards having become highly successful, the firm of C.P. Petersen & Sons employed 20 Silversmiths on their premises. Petersen closed their shop in 1979.

Louis Wine

Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto specialists in Antique Silver , Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts, are a 4th generation family business.Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the company in Dublin, Ireland in 1880. Louis Wine began selling to silver collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. In 1908, he located on Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street. To the firm came the worlds leading Georgian Silver collectors. Pieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, Hester Bateman and Irish Georgian Silver were constantly on display. Our gallery run by Richard (Louis Wine's great grandson) in Yorkville Toronto, displays a range of fine Antique Silver, Old Sheffield Plate, Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts from the 18th-20th century, including Bateman, Storr, Ramsden, Tiffany, Knox, Liberty, Jensen, Christopher Dresser.