A Pair of Candlesticks 833/1000 silver engraved decoration en relief with quartered coat of arms of Maciel e Aranha under noble coronet Portuguese 18th C. later candle-guards candlesticks with Braga assay mark and Manuel de Oliveira Figueiredo da Cunha maker's mark, candle-guards with Braga Assay mark (reg. 1829) and unreadable maker's mark Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 26 cm; Peso - 1431 g. Notes: coat of arms granted on 9.8.1791 to Francisco Ventura Maciel Aranha, born in S. João de Souto, Braga, with a degree in Canon Law, Councillor of the city of Braga, Knight of the Order of Christ, Knight of the Royal House, quartered shield, I Maciel, II Aranha, nobility coronet. There is a Mannor in Braga bearing this Coat of Arms: ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de – “Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras (Século XV a 1887)”. Lisbon: IN-CM, 1995, B3, B9 and B-49.