Brumas. I think it may depend on whether the candlesticks are solid silver or plated. I imagine if they are solid silver they could be cleaned with any old silver polish. But silver plate will surely wear off with polishing. That's my theory anyway. As wiz-king has already said I used to use use Goddard's Silver Dip for my silver plated stuff. All now sadly gone to charity shops. Never able to afford anything solid silver.

Jeweller's rouge.

Sodium Carbonate Decahydrate Na2CO3.10H2O + Al

To clean solid silver line a plastic bowl with aluminium foil, shiny side up. (other side has a thin coating of Aluminium oxide due to contact with the air)

Add a cup full of soda crystals in the bowl and enough hot water to cover the items.

Using rubber gloves, drop in the cutlery wait a couple of minutes the silver oxide will react with the aluminium foil and soda crystals and the item will brighten up as the oxygen is removed from the silver oxide no silver is lost from the item.

Sodium and aluminium is more reactive than silver it will therefore steal the oxygen from the silver oxide.

Remove item and rinse off the remaining soda under a warm water.

Polish up with a cloth.

Should have watched the Christmas lectures (last one) :0)

I respectfully suggest that Goddard's Silver Dip has got to be an easier method of doing it.