A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV CANDLESTICKS, each on shaped-square base and with baluster stem, spool-shaped socket and detachable shaped-circular nozzle, the bases cast and chased with the masks of Bacchus and three Baccahante, scrolls, foliage and fruits all on a matted ground, the stems chased with lion's masks, shells, scrolls and foliage, by Edward Farrell, 1820 and 1821, adapted for electricity 12½in. (32cm.) high (8)

细节

A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV CANDLESTICKS, each on shaped-square base and with baluster stem, spool-shaped socket and detachable shaped-circular nozzle, the bases cast and chased with the masks of Bacchus and three Baccahante, scrolls, foliage and fruits all on a matted ground, the stems chased with lion's masks, shells, scrolls and foliage, by Edward Farrell, 1820 and 1821, adapted for electricity 12½in. (32cm.) high (8)

拍品专文

These candlesticks are based on those produced in the workshop of Frederick Kandler, in the 1740's. For a single example see A. G. Grimwade, Rococo Silver 1727-1765, London 1974, pl. 74A