1076 - William Hutton & Sons, candlestick pair, silver-plated, fluted stem, Sheffield, probably circa 1900

William Hutton & Sons, candlestick pair, silver-plated, fluted stem, Sheffield, probably circa 1900 Silver-plated, pair of single-light table candlesticks, William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield, each stamped on the base “WH”, “&”, “S”, “B” and “P” as well as a shield mark, probably circa 1900, vase-shaped fluted socket with drip pan with cord rim, below it a stepped plate and a four-sided fluted pillar stem tapering downwards, fluted, curved foot section above a stepped square plinth with cord rims, underside with oval dark base cover, condition commensurate with age, dented, one socket pressed in, edges partly bumped, H. 30 cm William Hutton & Sons is one of the well-known silver and electroplate manufacturers of Sheffield. William Hutton founded the business in Birmingham in 1800 and moved it to Sheffield in 1832; from about 1870 the company traded as William Hutton & Sons, from 1893 as Ltd., before it was merged into James Dixon & Sons in 1930. Besides sterling silver and Britannia metal the firm produced, using the licensed Elkington process, silver-plated tableware, table candlesticks, candle holders and cutlery; the mark “BP” probably denotes the nickel alloy “British Plate” developed by Hutton at the end of the 19th century as the base metal of the silver plating.