Lot 180

A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1727

Closed26 January 2010

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USD 20,000

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1727
In the Regence taste, each on circular base with stylized shell molding, rising to a faceted and knopped octagonal stem with classical masks and bellflower strapwork, the socket with stiff-leaf calyx, the base engraved with a later crest, each marked under base, also with scratch weights 24-10 and 22=19
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high; 47 oz. (1,463 gr.) (2)

With S.J. Shrubsole, New York

Specialist note

A set of four candlesticks of the same model by Paul Crespin, also 1727, engraved with Royal arms, is illustrated in Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, 1986, p. 187, no. 777.