Royal: A set of twelve silver-gilt candlesticks, two William Solomon, London, 1753; eight Thomas Pitts II and two John Mewburn, London, 1806

An Important English Private Collection

Royal: A set of twelve silver-gilt candlesticks

two William Solomon, London, 1753; eight Thomas Pitts II and two John Mewburn, London, 1806

the rounded square bases with gadroon borders leading to the stems with wavy decoration interspersed with shells, the stems with quilting, the removable drip-pans with quilting and shells, the nozzles engraved with the crests of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the bases engraved with his initials EDC, and EA Fs (Ernsti Augusti FideikommisSum)

28cm., 11in. high

13228gr., 425oz.