TWO GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF WILLIAM CAFE, LONDON, 1761 AND 1762
Each on square base with gadrooned rim, the baluster stem with gadrooned knop, terminating in a spool-shaped socket with detachable nozzle, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms, the nozzles engraved with a crest, each marked under base, on socket and nozzle
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high and slightly smaller
39 oz. 15 dwt. (1,236 gr.)
The arms are those of Herring impaling another. The arms of Herring are recorded as being born by Nathaniel Herring (d.1716) born in Jamaica. The arms appear on his memorial inscription in Canterbury Cathedral. (2)
TWO GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF WILLIAM CAFE, LONDON, 1761 AND 1762
Each on square base with gadrooned rim, the baluster stem with gadrooned knop, terminating in a spool-shaped socket with detachable nozzle, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms, the nozzles engraved with a crest, each marked under base, on socket and nozzle
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high and slightly smaller
39 oz. 15 dwt. (1,236 gr.)
The arms are those of Herring impaling another. The arms of Herring are recorded as being born by Nathaniel Herring (d.1716) born in Jamaica. The arms appear on his memorial inscription in Canterbury Cathedral. (2)
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