Pair of candlesticks
Ref: 1929
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Designer / Maker / Retailer
The design and manufacture traditionally attributed to Bernard Cuzner (1877-1956), but perhaps by his wife Ethel
Retailed by Liberty & Co. (1875-present)
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Detail
Silver
Height: 21 cm
English (Birmingham), 1929
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Marks
Hall marks for Liberty & Co (on sides) and pattern number 50187 (under bases), see below
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Provenance
[…]; H. Blairman & Sons, 2008; private collection
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Collection
Private collection
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Notes
Birds, similar to those that embellish the fronts of the candlesticks, are found on brooches attributed to Bernard Cuzner; examples were formerly in the possession of the dealer Van Den Bosch.
A bowl by Ethel Cuzner, embellished with repoussé birds, is illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art, 1920, p. 101.