Featured Uncertain about dating a pair of neoclassical candlesticks

Not my field of expertise, appreicate inputs, dating somewhere between 1800-1900? Theres a bolt going through the candlesticks, they are made of three separate parts.

 

Between the brass foot an' socket: is that wood, a burl perhaps?

 

Yes, looks like burl or highly figured birch veneer, possibly masur/Karelian birch

 

Like these, no?

https://www.finn.no/recommerce/forsale/item/473790029

Debora

 

If I remember correctly, that was introduced sometime in the mid-19th century.

 

Yeah, mid/late 19th century seems reasonable.

 

What concerns me as them being 19th c. is the prominent visible seem on both top and bottom castings - we usually see more refinement on formal designs. This German pair of mine is ca. 1860, an entirely different design, but cast in 5 pieces each, no seams visible. It was time consuming to grind and buff parts and we tend to see the rougher versions on later candle sticks..... molds were sold and recasts made, sometimes many decades after the originals were made. I could certainly be wrong, but just noting the possibility of them being a 20 c pair.

 

This just seems crude for high style.

 

Well spotted, Drew.
The flared rims of the cups also look rather rough. None of my 19th century candlesticks have that.

 

Thank you—I really appreciate your knowledge and input. I think you may well be onto something. Candlesticks and metal casting are not my area of expertise, so I had not fully appreciated the significance of the visible seams. Are there any other constructional details you would examine to distinguish a 19th-century casting from an early 20th-century recast—perhaps the bolt and threads, internal surfaces, sharpness of the ornament or finishing methods?