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MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1780
Details
A set of four George III silver-gilt candlesticks
Mark of John Scofield, London, 1780
Each on circular base and with shaped stem chased with palm leaves and fluting, with beaded, scroll and foliage borders and partly-fluted vase-shaped sockets with detachable nozzles, engraved with a coat-of-arms within husk festoons and a crest, each marked under foot-rim and on nozzle
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high
75oz. (2,359gr.)
The arms are probably those of Lester impaling Corser (4)
Mark of John Scofield, London, 1780
Each on circular base and with shaped stem chased with palm leaves and fluting, with beaded, scroll and foliage borders and partly-fluted vase-shaped sockets with detachable nozzles, engraved with a coat-of-arms within husk festoons and a crest, each marked under foot-rim and on nozzle
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high
75oz. (2,359gr.)
The arms are probably those of Lester impaling Corser (4)
Provenance
A Gentleman; Christie's London, 11 July 1984, lot 365
Literature
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p.198, fig.1
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no.106, p.144, illustrated
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no.106, p.144, illustrated
Exhibited
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no.106
Special notice
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