A pair of silver four-light candelabra, Nicholls & Plincke, St Petersburg, circa 1870

in neoclassical taste, each with a central nozzle above three acanthus scroll arms, the fluted stem hung with bellflower festoons, beaded and gadrooned borders, the base with ribbon-bound reeds above three stepped feet and engraved with initials AM below a count's coronet, struck NP with the Imperial Warrant and with the mark of Robert Kokhun (Colqhoun), 84 standard 

Excellent condition, with only very minor surface wear. Well-made and handsome.
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For a brief history of Colqhoun and his management of the Nicholls & Plincke firm, please see Sotheby's New York, 16 April 2008, lot 447.