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1320 A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN & WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777
On a stepped circular base with laurel band, rising to a columnar stem with heavy laurel swags, the knop
with laurel band, the central standard surmounted by a faming urn with pendant rings, issuing two
scroll form acanthus arms supporting circular drip pans and sockets, marked on base rims and fanges of
standard, two sconces with lion passant, fanges and bases engraved with weight and numbered 1,4, further
stamped with later French import marks
14Ω in. (37 cm.) high
108 oz. 18 dwt. (3,386.8 gr.) (2)
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
The Oriental Art Gallery, Ltd., London, 25 October 1993.
The Irving Collection, no. DR15.
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