A composite set of four German silver candlesticks, three, Sy & Wagner, Berlin, 1863-69

two, a matching pair, the third, larger; with inverted baluster acanthus chased columns, on spreading circular bases with acanthus borders; the forth, stamped 'ROSE' and 'S', almost identical to the smaller pair; all engraved with the cypher WM below a duke's coronet, all drilled and later converted for electricity

Very good gauge, clear marks to rim of each foot. All bases are drilled with large holes. The nozzles are glued tight to the sconces and do not sit flat. Could be nicely restored.
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The engraved cypher that of Duke Heinrich von Mecklenburg (1876-1934), who married Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in 1901