Georgian candle stand in the spotlight at Christmas exhibition in Suffolk
One of the rarest pieces in Suffolk House Antiques’ Christmas selling exhibition is a Georgian candle stand in fruitwood and elm. The back would have protected the flame so that the person using it would have uninterrupted light even in a draughty house. Examples bearing the original backs do not always show up intact.
“The backs of these stands are quite fragile,” dealer Andrew Singleton says. “They were quite like…