A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

THE BASES WITH MARK OF DANIEL PONTIFEX, LONDON, 1795, THE BRANCHES WITH MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1788

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
THE BASES WITH MARK OF DANIEL PONTIFEX, LONDON, 1795, THE BRANCHES WITH MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1788
Each on domed base with foliage heightened gadrooned border, the tapering stem fluted and applied with husk swags, with three leaf-capped reeded branches, each terminating in a fluted socket with plain wax pan, with central pineapple finial, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms below an earl's coronet, the nozzles engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, marked on base, sockets, nozzles and wax-pans
23 ½ in. (59.6 cm.) high
212 oz. (6,594 gr.)
The arms are those of Greville, probably for George, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1746-1816).

George, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1746-1816) and then by descent.
The Collections of the Earls of Warwick; Sotheby's, Syon Park, London, 14 May 1997, lot 488.