Lot 250
A pair of Victorian cut glass and gilt brass candlesticks by F & C Osler
4 November 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,500 inc. premium
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A pair of Victorian cut glass and gilt brass candlesticks by F & C Osler
With diamond-cut decoration throughout with slender stems and trumpets bases, on bun feet, each stamped twice to the underside 'Osler's', each 31cm high, (12in high). (2)
Footnotes
In the 19th century Birmingham was renowned for its manufacture of metal and glass goods. The firm of F. & C. Osler (established in 1807 by Thomas Osler in Broad Street) was a principal manufacturer of light fittings and glass furniture, much of which was exported to the Indian sub-continent. A London showroom established the firm as a market leader and it continued to be so throughout the century, with an international reputation for extremely high standards of quality and craftsmanship. Osler who also shared a showroom in Calcutta with the silversmiths Hamilton & Co.