AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF BRASS TABLE CANDLESTICKS FROM LLOYD'S LONDON CIRCA 1760Of socket form, stamped to each corner of the heavy gauge bases, ejector mechanismeach 20cm high, the bases 10.5cms wideThese heavily cast sticks are stamped to each corner 'Lloyds', almost certainly for the City of London coffee house which, since opening in Tower Street in 1648, has provided shipping information for its clientele of merchants, shipowners and brokers. It moved to the Royal Exchange in 1774 in its journey to becoming today's world-famous Lloyd's of London.