A Pair of Candlesticks

Today we share a story from Cleo Mussi who tells us about this wonderful pair of candlesticks owned by her Great-Grandmother. Cleo says:

This pair of candlesticks was given to my Great-Grandmother, Isabella Fraser, in 1918.

They were given to her by Sir Alexander McRoberts, a self-made millionaire from a working class background who started life sweeping floors in a paper mill and educated himself through evening classes. He later travelled to India to establish woollen mills.

My Great-Grandfather was a bookkeeper for a shipping company. When he became very ill, my Great-Grandmother secretly took on his work, doing all the accounting (women would not normally have been able to do a job like this at this time).

Isabella was 51 when these candlesticks were gifted to her, I assume for helping with the accounts. 

These candle sticks are very unique as they are made from Scottish deer antler and bone but the small hunting animals are carved in Burma and I assume the candlesticks were made in Burma.