Discovery
Description:
Pair of American Weighted Candlesticks, one with mark of Chatillon & Co., retailer, both marked with George Washington's profile within an oval cartouche, also marked "Pompeiian," with urn-form sconces raised on a tapered cylindrical body with monogram "AFS" within a oval cartouche to one side and a gold-washed medallion of a classical-style woman to the other, raised on a flared foot with weighted base, ht. 14 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600
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