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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 24

A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF WILLIAM LUKIN, LONDON, 1709

Fermé9 April 2019

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF WILLIAM LUKIN, LONDON, 1709
Each on stepped square base with cut-corners, circular well rising to faceted knopped baluster stem, engraved with a crest, marked to undersides; together with a pair of associated nozzles, apparently unmarked
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
24 oz. 8 dwt. (758.8 gr.)

Henry Drax (b.c.1693-1755) of Charborough, co. Dorset, then by descent to,
John Charles William Sawbridge-Erle-Drax (1893-1982), of Bilting House, Kent,
J. C. W. Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, Esq.; Christie's, London, 27 February 1929, lot 38 (£138 to Crichton).

Note du spécialiste

The crest is that of Drax, almost certainly for Henry Drax (b.c.1693-1755) of Charborough, M.P. for Wareham, co. Dorset. He succeeded his father, Thomas Drax, on the latter’s death in 1704.