A PAIR OF FOUR BRANCH FACETED GLASS CANDELABRA 20TH CENTURY IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY MANNER The tapering stems with ball finials on spreading circular bases, each fitted with two scroll candle branches and two further branches mounted with suspending drops and lustres58cm highProvenance: Formerly the collection of Oliver Messel in the Dining Room at Pelham Place Supplied to Frederick and Phyllis Watkins for the Bow Drawing Room at Flaxley AbbeyThe present lot are mentioned in a 1960 edition of Today magazine when describing the atmosphere of Oliver Messel's Interiors a Jewel box of a place, with Aubussons, pillars, arches, model theatre sets, and lustres...sparkling, scintillating. In 1963, Vogue described his dining room as 'a creative melange of decorative furnishings..brought together through his personal artistry'品相报告: Some chips but no serious losses noted.