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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN & WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN & WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777
On a stepped circular base with laurel band, rising to a columnar stem with heavy laurel swags, the knop with laurel band, the central standard surmounted by a flaming urn with pendant rings, issuing two scroll form acanthus arms supporting circular drip pans and sockets, marked on base rims and flanges of standard, two sconces with lion passant, flanges and bases engraved with weight and numbered 1,4, further stamped with later French import marks
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high
108 oz. 18 dwt. (3,386.8 gr.)
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN & WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777
On a stepped circular base with laurel band, rising to a columnar stem with heavy laurel swags, the knop with laurel band, the central standard surmounted by a flaming urn with pendant rings, issuing two scroll form acanthus arms supporting circular drip pans and sockets, marked on base rims and flanges of standard, two sconces with lion passant, flanges and bases engraved with weight and numbered 1,4, further stamped with later French import marks
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high
108 oz. 18 dwt. (3,386.8 gr.)
Provenance
The Oriental Art Gallery, Ltd., London, 25 October 1993.
The Irving Collection, no. DR15.
The Irving Collection, no. DR15.