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Lot 3450
A Pair of Early Polychrome Turned Wood Candle Holders
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Possibly American, late 18th century, turned wood with blue-green polychrome, baluster form standard, shallow well foot, unmarked.

Tallest 8 1/2 in.

The Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Acquired from Dr. Nick Marechal, Alexandria, Virginia

Notes from the family accompanying these candlesticks called these "Valley Forge candlesticks"; however it is not known whether these pieces were a relic of the famous Revolutionary War area in Pennsylvania.

Losses to bobeche and sconce; one foot with old insect damage.