A set of four German silver candlesticks
A set of four German silver candlesticks

MARK OF JOHANN WILHELM VOIGHT, OSNABRÜCK, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ALSO MARKED 'DD', WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS

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A set of four German silver candlesticks
Mark of Johann Wilhelm Voight, Osnabrück, early 18th Century, also marked 'DD', with scratched inventory numbers
Octagonal with recessed base, baluster knopped stem and vase shaped socket, each marked on base, and engraved with number and scratchweight, N.7 W.2.M.2.4.L, N.8 W.2M.3¼.L., N.9 W.2M.3½.L., N.10 W.2.m.3.L.
21 cm. high
2006 gr. (4)
Provenance
George, Prince of Wales, later King George II (1727-1760) of Great Britian and Ireland and then by descent to
Prince Ernst Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (r.1837-1851) and then by descent to his son
King George V of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland (r.1851-1866, d. 1878) and then by descent to his son
Crown Prince Ernst Augustus of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923) and then by descent to his son
Prince Ernst Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lneburg (1887-1953), sold privately in 1924.
Almost certainly with Crichton Brothers in 1924. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 May 1955 (part) or
Baron Bicester; Christie's, London, 1 May 1957, lot 80 (part). Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1978, lots 222 and 223.

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