ANTIQUE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER CANDLESTICK, 1885
For your consideration, here is an antique Imperial Russian Silver Candlestick.
HALLMARKS: '84' for silver content and 'FA' in Cyrillic for Feodor Afanassiev (active 1883-1907) - please see information below.
ASSAYER: 'B.C' in Cyrillic for Viktor Savinkov, 1864 (Postinikova-Loseva #2112).
CONDITION: In very good condition considering its age, with no visible damage or repairs. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
DIMENSIONS: 3 x 3.5 inches (9 x 7.6 cm). Weight: 112 grams.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $1,000 - $2,000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Russian silver candlesticks were sold on Live Auctioneers and Sotheby's for $5,000 (8 years ago), $5,500 (7 years ago), $8,400 (11 years ago), and $10,000 (2 years ago) - please refer to the screenshots for details.
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WORKMASTER: Feodor Alexeievich Afanasiev was apprenticed to the silversmith E. Sistonen 1883 and 1888 and worked as a journeyman, for the jeweller Karl Bokh from 1888 to 1907. While employed by Bock, he worked on his master's degree, was granted his rights and certificate in 1907, and allowed to use a master's mark, the use of which was strictly enforced by assay laws in Imperial Russia. Thereafter he ran a small workshop for Faberge at 24 Bolshaya Morskaya specializing in miniature Easter Eggs, small articles made of silver-gilt and guilloche enamel and hardstone objects mounted with enameled silver-gilt mounts. His mark is FA in Russian Cyrillic.

WIKIPEDIA: A candelabra or candelabrum is a candle holder with multiple arms. In Judaism and in the Philippine religion Iglesia ni Cristo, the menorah is a special kind of candelabrum. An ancient example is the bronze candelabrum made by Callimachus for the Erechtheion in Athens, to carry the lamp sacred to Minerva. In this case it is possible the lamp was suspended, as in the example from Pompeii; this consisted of a stalk or reed, the upper part moulded with projecting feature of the lamps, and a base resting on three lions' or griffins' feet; sometimes there was a disk at the top to carry a lamp, and sometimes there was a hollow cup, in which resinous woods were burnt.