Estimated at £12,000-18,000, this impressive pair of Regency four-light candelabra dipped just under hopes to sell for £11,500 at Fellows in Birmingham on October 23.
The pair is elaborately cast and chased throughout with zoomorphic representations of the four Elements – lions, dolphins, eagles and dragon heads – but the main sections carry marks for two different makers, JW Story & W Elliott and William Pitts (both London 1812).
The pair will benefit enormously from a professional clean.