Balbino, Carlo Italian sterling silver chamber candlestick

of circular form with palmette perimeter decoration, side handle with heart-shaped thumbpiece.
Hallmarked with the marks for silver at the first fineness of 950/1000 in use in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia, from 1824 to 1872, silversmith Carlo Balbino with the mark within a lozenge a lion with the letters 'C' above and 'B' below.

Item condition grading: **** good. Height x width x diameter: 8 x 16 x 12 cm. Weight 224.5 g. 1824-1872