The holiday season is almost upon us

and, no, I am not going to start writing about starting your Christmas shopping.  It is not too early, however, to start thinking about setting that holiday table.  Thanksgiving and Christmas are really times to set an impressive table and, at least to my thinking, nothing makes an impression on a table like silver.  (I know, you have to polish it, but it's the holidays and how often do you cook a turkey and make mashed potatoes?) Nothing says "umph" on the dinner table like silver candlesticks.  We currently have in stock several sets that will not go unnoticed on your table.

I recently acquired, within a week of each other, two pairs of Old Sheffield plate candlesticks dating from about 1790.  One pair has a pointed oval base and the other round.  Both are classic, elegant examples of the Adam style with simple "bat wing" fluting.  The oval pair has a simple pattern in addition to the fluting.  The round pair has a monogram on each base.  Each pair is approximately 12 inches in height.

Old Sheffield plate candlesticks c. 1790, pointed oval base

Old Sheffield plate candlestick c. 1790, round base

Pattern on oval base candlesticks

Monogram on round base candlesticks

And if you really want to have a table that everyone will remember, we have a pair of three branch Old Sheffield plate candelabra.  These date to about 1810 and have  simple gadroon borders.  They stand a monumental 24 inches tall.

Old Sheffield plate three branch candelabra c. 1810

Single candelabrum from the pair.

 All available at R. J. Fendorf.

R. J. Fendorf
Antiques
(in the Georgian Village)
1714 W. 45th St
Kansas City, MO 64111
913-302-3206
r.fendorf@att.net

One may not live at Downton Abbey ...

but Branson might still unpack this from the boot of one's motor car.

An English Coracle picnic hamper with service for six, c. 1920.
Available at
R. J. Fendorf
Antiques 
in the Georgian Village
1714 W. 45th St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
913-302-3206
r.fendorf@att.net
 

Does an apple a day keep the doctor away

if it's jade, stone or ceramic?

From top:  Italian ceramic apple, stone apple, Chinese jade apple.  All available at R. J. Fendorf in the Georgian Village.

R. J. Fendorf
Antiques
in the Georgian Village
1714 W. 45th St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
913-302-3206
r.fendorf@att.net