A PAIR OF CHASE CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1750

Details

A PAIR OF CHASE CANDLESTICKS
CIRCA 1750
Of European silver form with shaped octagonal bases below knopped standards supporting cylindrical nozzles, on the nozzles the lion rampant Chase crest twice, the distinctive cell-pattern border of the Chase service around the bases
10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

with Charles Perry, Atlanta
Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection

Lot Essay

D.S. Howard illustrates a Chase platter from the Bullivant collection and notes that the service was made for Sir Richard Chase, Sheriff of Essex in 1744, whose distant relative, also entitled to these arms, was Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence (Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 259).

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