A PAIR OF GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN ROLLO, EDINBURGH, 1731, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF ARCHIBALD URE

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN ROLLO, EDINBURGH, 1731, ASSAY MASTER'S MARK OF ARCHIBALD URE
Circular with up-turned molded rims, with banded spool-shaped sockets and capped scroll handles, raised on three circular pad feet, well engraved with crest under a baron's coronet, marked underneath and scratch engraved Yellow Room
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long over handles; 13 oz. 18 dwt. (434 gr.)

The crest is that of Bruce, for the Barons Balfour of Burleigh.
Provenance
Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London, November 1956.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 397, no. 449 (illustrated).
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