A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 192 Property from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III

A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN QUANTOCK, LONDON, 1751

Closed19 October 2012

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USD 8,750

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN QUANTOCK, LONDON, 1751
The shaped circular bases cast and chased with shells and scrolls, with a tapering knopped stem and a shell decorated socket, the detachable nozzles with leaf and scroll motifs, the bases and nozzles each engraved with a crest, marked underneath, on sockets and on nozzles, each engraved with scratchweight '36=3' and '5=0' and '35=6'/'4=2'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 79 oz. (2,460 gr.) (2)

Christie's, London, 1 December 2005, lot 416

Specialist note

The crest is that of Burton, for Charles Burton, later 1st baronet (1702-1775). Sir Charles was created a baronet in 1758 and was MP for Dublin between 1749-1760.