A PAIR OF GEORGE II CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1742

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II CAST SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1742
The columns with shell knops on stepped, shaped square bases, engraved in wells with coat of arms, bases numbered No.1 and No.4 and further engraved with their respective scratch-weights, 18:14 and 18:3
8 in. high (20 cm.)
34 oz. (1054 gm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

The arms are probably for Dowdeswell of Kingham, Oxon., Redmarley, Worcs. and Harlow, Essex and may have been made for the Rt. Hon. William Dowdeswell MP of Pull Court, Worcs. who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1765.

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