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Description

The listing, Beautiful Large Silver or Plate Candle Holder has ended.

This is a Very Large Heavy candle holder. I don't know if it's silverplate or silver. It's in excellent condition waiting to be used. It has been cleaned since the taking of the picture. It has a spike for holding the candle and is 6 3/8 inches tall and 5 2/8 inches wide on top and 4 2/8 wide on bottom and is very ornamented.

Questions & Comments

If this candle holder is really heavy it is not plate it is sterling silver. Plate is always lighter than sterling due to the manufacurer using a light metal underneath the silver. Usually tin or aluminum to match the color of the silver.

Jan 26th, 2011 at 1:30:56 PM PST by

HMMM, don't know but it heavy to me. OH and all 3 pieces unscrew from each other. The base, middle piece and the top.

Jan 31st, 2011 at 5:53:49 PM PST by

Any markings on this piece?

Jan 26th, 2011 at 3:03:41 PM PST by

none noticed

Jan 28th, 2011 at 1:08:37 PM PST by

Maybe so but I didn't want to say Sterling and it's not and have people think I'm a liar ya know. I REALLY appreciate your telling me though. And to sschweder there are no markings that I've noticed. I'll check it again though just to be on the safe side.

Jan 26th, 2011 at 4:32:17 PM PST by

I was checking it for marking and silver has an awful smell to me when it has patina on it, so MAYBE it is sterling.

Jan 26th, 2011 at 4:37:35 PM PST by

The markings maybe incorporated into a design on the piece. That was done back then. My Mothers sterling pieces some of them were done that way also. But if it is really heavy I would bet it is sterling.

Jan 26th, 2011 at 6:53:18 PM PST by

I'll check, thanks.

Jan 28th, 2011 at 1:08:13 PM PST by

thanks.

Jan 26th, 2011 at 6:56:54 PM PST by

sterling stuff is often marked 925, sterling, or has the hallmark of lion or griffin but it depends on what country it was made in. in my experience if its not marked its plate. even chemical tests can be fooled if the plating is very thick. you could scrape it but you would damage the item. look for brassy or other discolouration in the reflection a sign that it is plated. good luck!

Jan 31st, 2011 at 9:55:14 PM PST by

thanks, I also heard that many sterling as well as pottery,porcelian,even exspensive jewelry piece were not marked by marker. so I still don't know, but I don't want to do any scraping on it anywhere I'll leave that to the bidder.

Feb 1st, 2011 at 10:08:59 AM PST by

besutiful piece!

Feb 1st, 2011 at 7:03:13 AM PST by

thanks, just as pretty in person

Feb 1st, 2011 at 10:06:46 AM PST by

from my experience the weight really is not a factor, sorry dreamer. reason being, solid silver was almost never made because of the cost. typically pieces were made from sterling or sterling plate and left hollow or then filled with something to weight them. if you brought it to a dealer, without a maker mark and purity stamp they would want to score it on the bottom deeply and acid test it.

Feb 2nd, 2011 at 12:59:24 PM PST by

thats interesting

Feb 3rd, 2011 at 11:26:03 AM PST by

it is an absolutely beautiful piece !! i think possibly may be nickel because of the color. I have a nickel dish that looks very similar.

Feb 2nd, 2011 at 1:06:07 PM PST by

thanks

Feb 3rd, 2011 at 11:25:39 AM PST by

Bid it looks great

Feb 4th, 2011 at 6:32:06 AM PST by

yeah, what JUNKMAN said,lol

Feb 4th, 2011 at 10:57:57 AM PST by

If you don't mind my asking, how did the piece make it to be in your position? It is very nice. Sterling or plated...really would have little to do on the value depending on the maker. If it's sterling and made by a nobody then the value comes from the weight of the silver which at the moment is around 80 -90 cents a gram but if the piece happens to be made by a well known maker it really doesn't matter what the content %. I would go over this piece with a jewelers loop if I won it and find a mark. I'm sere there is one hidden on it, it's a very beautiful candle holder.

Feb 4th, 2011 at 8:42:37 AM PST by

good idea, I have a jewelers loop I got here on listia. don't know why I didn't think of that. IF I find anything I post it in this section.

Feb 4th, 2011 at 10:57:19 AM PST by

so much for spell check :) sere/sure.... thankyou google :)

planning on listing anymore beautiful items like this?

Thanks a bunch for sharing such a nice piece here on Listia.

Feb 4th, 2011 at 8:45:23 AM PST by

If I run across any SURE,lol.

Feb 4th, 2011 at 10:55:46 AM PST by

someone told me that silver has a ring (when plucked) like porcelian and crystal... IF that's true , then this is SILVER.

Feb 4th, 2011 at 2:06:05 PM PST by

still no markings found though, even with the jewelers loop

Feb 4th, 2011 at 2:06:37 PM PST by

Beautiful Large Silver or Plate Candle Holder is in the Antiques category