拍品 175
175
Property of A SOUTH CAROLINA COLLECTOR
A SET OF FINE GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS

细节
A SET OF FINE GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1749

Each on shaped circular base with band of ovolo and paterae with shells at intervals, rising to a knopped, tapering stem on calyx of waterleaves and with panels of shell and coin molding, the campana form socket with paterae and flutes, the removable circular nozzles with ovolo rim, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms within a rococo cartouche, marked under bases, one nozzle by another maker, three nozzles unmarked; together with four two-light branches and two three-light branches, the three-light branches London, 1905; the two-light branches apparently unmarked
height of candlesticks 10in. (25.4cm.), height with branches 14¾in. (37.5cm.); weight of candlesticks 128oz. 10dwt. (4010gr.); total weight 323oz. 10 dwt. (10078gr.) (10)

拍品专文

A set of four identical candlesticks, also by Crespin, is in the Farrer Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. A set of four of the same pattern, by John Cafe, 1750, was sold in these Rooms April 14, 1994, lot 462.