Trade Guild History - Shoemakers - a pair of Victorian Scottish brass ceremonial candlesticks, St. Crispin Society, A.D. 1857, ring-knopped sconces and columns, rounded rectangular bases, ball feet, 36cm high, c.1857 The order of St. Crispin of Scotland or the Sons of Crispin incorporated shoemakers and cobblers from the Middle Ages until the 19th century in a pseudo-ritualistic and protective association, with the aforementioned saint as their patron and guardian. The Royal St. Crispin Society created lodges in Scotland from 1817, therefore the inscription on these candlesticks most probably commemorates the fortieth anniversary of a specific lodge's foundation.
Trade Guild History - Shoemakers - a pair of Victorian Scottish brass ceremonial candlesticks, St. Crispin Society, A.D. 1857, ring-knopped sconces and columns, rounded rectangular bases, ball feet, 36cm high, c.1857 The order of St. Crispin of Scotland or the Sons of Crispin incorporated shoemakers and cobblers from the Middle Ages until the 19th century in a pseudo-ritualistic and protective association, with the aforementioned saint as their patron and guardian. The Royal St. Crispin Society created lodges in Scotland from 1817, therefore the inscription on these candlesticks most probably commemorates the fortieth anniversary of a specific lodge's foundation.
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