A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF THOMAS FOLKINGHAM, LONDON, 1718

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A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF THOMAS FOLKINGHAM, LONDON, 1718
On octagonal stepped bases with star design, the baluster stems with vertical ribs below spool-shaped sockets, also with scratch weights '13.13' and '13.14', the base engraved faintly with a coat-of-arms, each marked underneath and on socket
6 1/4 in. (16 cm.) high; 25 oz. 10 dwt. (797 gr.)
Provenance
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968.
Literature
Y. Hackenbroch, English and other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1969, p. 67, no. 128.

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