Beschreibung:

A pair of Arts and Crafts gilt bronze candlesticks by the Duchess of Sutherland's Cripples Guild, hammered with overall lobing, the conforming waisted stems with turned sections, each stamped 'D.S.C.G.' under a coronet, 26cm high Millicent, 4th Duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), was a well-known figure in the Potteries and in fashionable London society. She was a social reformer and involved in many causes, notable among these was her campaign to eliminate the use of lead in the glazing process in the pottery industry, which resulted in lead poisoning for many women employed as 'dippers'. Examples of the Duchess Millicent's local activities were the founding of the Potteries' Cripples Guild and the Hanchurch Holiday Home, both of which were later joined to become the North Staffordshire Cripples Aid Society. These activities earned her the local nickname of 'Meddlesome Millie'.