A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
st. petersburg, 1809, maker's mark of alexander lachinov
Each on spreading circular foot, chased with a band of acanthus and bellflowers on a matted ground, rising to a knoppcd baluster stem issuing from a calyx of acanthus below a band of similar acanthus and stylized flowers, all between dentilated knops, the urn-shaped socket fluted above a leaf calyx, with removable circular nozzle, marked under bases