Antique Silver Candlestick: Candle tears are also part of the design

A pair of silver candlesticks, 45 cm high, with a tapering column body and a wide base. The carving is in an 18th-century style, but the lines have been softened by centuries of polishing. Slender pure beeswax candles are inserted into the candlesticks, burning with a steady flame and no black smoke. Candle wax slowly drips down the column and solidifies into irregular shapes. The silver surface reflects the candlelight and the blurred surroundings. The base has a worn family crest or mark. Dark background, the only light source is the candlelight itself. Avoid: using paraffin candles that produce black smoke, depicting the candlesticks as brand new and unworn, wiping away the candle wax, adding other light sources that overpower the candlelight.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一對高 45 公分的銀質燭台,造型是層層收分的柱身與寬闊的底座,雕刻是十八世紀的風格但線條已被百年的擦拭磨得柔和。燭台上插著純蜜蠟的細長蠟燭,正在燃燒,火焰穩定而不冒黑煙,燭淚沿著柱身緩緩流下並凝固成不規則的形狀。銀的表面反射著燭光與周圍模糊的環境。底座上有已經磨損的家徽或印記。深色背景,唯一的光源就是燭火本身。避免:使用石蠟蠟燭冒黑煙、燭台畫成全新無磨損、擦掉燭淚、加入其他光源壓過燭光。