Live Auction 8524Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CAST CANDLESTICKS
Lot 257

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CAST CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS (II), LONDON, 1749

Closed26 March 2013

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CAST CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN EDWARDS (II), LONDON, 1749
On shaped square bases, the faceted stems with fluted upper knops, engraved with twin crests beneath a baron's coronet to base and nozzles
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
85 oz. (2678 gm.) (4)

The Birr Estates Company, sold by order of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosse, Christie's London, 29 October 1969, Lot 152.

Specialist note

The crests are for Hawke and Harvey ensigned by a baron's coronet for Edward, 3rd Baron Hawke (1774-1824) of Towton, Yorkshire
Edward Hawke on his marriage to Frances Anne in 1798 assumed the additional surname and arms of Harvey.