Victorian Candle Holders

The early Victorian period saw the Regency and Gothic styles, bearing more fluted columns and urn shapes. This also saw a rise in scrolling leaf designs (such as acanthus leaves), aiding to create pointed arches and ornate decoration. This ornamentation altered by the mid-Victorian period allowed for the Rococo and renaissance revival to be bright to the forefront and the decoration became more detailed and heavier than the prior decades. This level of detail incorporates floral and shell designs, accented with more curves and scrolls. By the late Victorian era a more simplistic development became popular with the start of the Aesthetic, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. This allowed for more rustic appearances, and organic flowing lines, using influence from natures overall shape to the leaves and flowers themselves.
As with all silverware, there is an eclecticism where styles from prior periods are taken and blended by the craftsman of the time; thus, the use of favoured ornamentation, historical references as well as an artistic approach. In addition to this, there were also developments in techniques also, with electroplating technology providing affordable silver-plated items in the late Victorian period, and the designs crafted were made to match the popular styles of a wider range of customer.