A pair of Victorian sterling silver candlesticks, London 1875 by John Henry Williamson

In the William III / Queen Anne Style. Each of canted square form stepped and gadrooned bases leading to a short conical section with fluted decoration headed by a protruding canted square form and gadrooned mid-section leading to a fluted column with canted square form and gadrooned sconce. The bases each engraved with a crest of a lion rampant, holding in his dexter fore-paw a fleur-de-lis, above the motto Floreat majestas. Each fully marked underneath. (2)

Height – 18.2 cm / 7.2 inches

Weight – 706 grams / 22.7 ozt

The crest and motto are for Brown of Scotland