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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN ROWBOTHAM & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1773 MARK OF JOHN CARTER, LONDON, 1771 (2), 1772 (2)
Of Corinthian column form on a square base with swags suspended from Of Corinthian column form on a square base with swags suspended from
Bacchic masks, the bases engraved with a later crest, marked on sides of bases Bacchic masks, the bases and removable nozzles crested, marked on sides of
and nozzles, bases weighted bases and nozzles, all numbered and notch numbered, bases weighted
12º in. (31.1 cm.) high (4) 12æ in. (32.4 cm.) high (4)
$5,000-8,000 $5,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from S.J. Shrubsole, New York, March 1983.
The crest is that of Gordon of Gordonstoun, presumably for Sir Robert
Gordon 5th Bt. (d.1776), of Gordonstoun, who succeeded his father, Sir
Robert Gordon 4th Bt. (1696-1772) on the latter's death in 1772.

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