Lot 2073
  • 2073

A pair of early George I silver octagonal candlesticks, Thomas Merry, London, 1714

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases and sconces
  • silver
  • height 7 1/2 in.
  • 19 cm
faceted octagonal bases, matching knops and baluster stems below faceted sconces

Literature

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 15.

Condition

the sconces with traces of a mark, surfaces restored with minor surface scratches throughout, otherwise good, base marks crisp
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