A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, MARTELÉ, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1901

on circular lobed bases chased with berried foliage and bud feet, rising to spirally chased baluster stems with openwork leafy tops , the scrolling branches applied with leaves and vines and surmounted by fixed foliate drip pans and nozzles chased to match, removable lobed nozzles

Larry Pristo, Martelé  950-1000 Fine Gorham's Art Nouveau Silver, 2002, p. 261.

good condition
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Gorham's costing records reveal that this pair of Three-light Candelabra 9703 was completed on 12 March 1901.  The design was adapted from a single candlestick and this three-light model was made as a prototype to determine the feasibility of the style for production.  A notation at the bottom of the cost slip which says "see figuring 11-17-97" indicates that this model had been in development for a long time.

At the time of production the silver used for this candelabra was valued at $39.08.  The names of the silversmith and the chaser were not recorded but the raising was done in Room PP, the "Experimental Room" under the supervision of foreman Joseph Straker, and was done in one-hundred hours.  The chasing was accomplished in an additional eighty-five hours, and had a labor cost of $42.50.  The net factory price was $180 per candelabrum.