Candlesticks (Collecting for Tomorrow Series)

Many people would like to collect antiques but are put off by the prices. "Candlesticks" is one title in a series designed to help you begin collecting beautiful but inexpensive objects. Candlesticks make fascinating collections in themselves – and they can be used for their original purpose. In this book both American and European candlesticks are covered in depth; there are candlesticks in Victorian silver, and Venetian glass, in wood, iron, brass, and Wedgwood; there are candlesticks for special use like the seven-branched Menorah, sconces and church candlesticks, and many more. The 19th and early 20th centuries provide most of the examples, but early wooden and iron candlesticks with their candleholders are included in order to place the candlestick as a means of lighting in its historical context. The "Collecting for Tomorrow" series is specially devised for the beginner, as well as for the experienced collector who is turning more and more to the cornucopia of modestly priced and readily available items of the 19th and early 20th centuries. All the titles contain 48 beautiful full-page photographs, 24 of them in color, all of them specially taken. The keynote of the series is practicality and informativeness, and most of the pieces included are well within the range of any collector. There is information on dating items, what to look for in the way of identifying characteristics and marks, and general hints.