PAIR of COPPER ARTS & CRAFTS CANDELABRA?
I picked up this wonderful and quite impressive pair of hand-hammered copper ARTS & CRAFTS CANDELABRA (or at least in the style of Arts & Crafts), made of two curled, flat copper bands riveted together in the center and then rivet-mounted to the top of the large, thick flat copper base (10″ long X 3″ wide). Each of the flat textured copper ‘curls’ supports a 2-inch high X 1 3/8-inch diameter flared bobeche candle holder which is soldered to the piece.
The entire copper candelabra fixture stands approximately 6 ” high and is riveted at the four corners to a 12″ long X 5″ wide X 3/4″ high walnut wood base. One base is bare on the bottom and the other still has brown felt. I could find no marks of any kind. They are substantial in weight. I am not sure if these are actually from the Arts and Crafts period or a bit later like the 1920’s or 1930’s. Any help dating and identifying these would be greatly appreciated.
I always try and take close-ups when I photograph items that I find. So, with the fact that the copper is hammered and not an artificial aging process, does this help in identifying their age or do they still appear to be from the 1960’s or 70’s to you? Thanks again for sharing your time and knowledge. Here is another picture of one of the lower arms of the candleabra.
