拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Marks clear to legible. The engraving clear.
Each candlesticks comes with a now detached wood base resting on four pad feet; with some residue of filling still attached underneath.
The Carter pair: slightly smaller with Ionic capital. Small nicks to ridges and pitting on plain sections. . One base with part of the wood underside still attached. One nozzle with bruise to sleeve. Light scratching on the nozzles upper part from wax removal. One of the stem with light bruising and pin dents to the upper part of the column. Both nozzles marked.
The Cripps pair: one with solder repair to junction of base to column plinth with small corresponding rip. Some pitting and scratching on the plinth near garlands. Solder repair at junction of column to plinth. The other with some pitting on column. Both nozzles unmarked and both candlesticks rock very slightly.