MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND WILLIAM TAYLER, LONDON, 1778, ONE BASE 1776
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A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Maker's mark of John Wakelin and William Tayler, London, 1778, one base 1776
On a spreading circular base with overlapping laurel band, rising to a tapering stem formed as inverted calyx of acanthus leaves, the knop with overlapping laurel band, the central standard surmounted by a flaming urn with two side pendant rings and issuing two acanthus-clad scroll branches supporting circular wax-pans with sockets, the nozzles engraved with a crest, marked on bases and bezel of branch, with scratchweights and inventory numbers under bases
16in. (41.4cm) high; 108oz. 10dwt. (3381gr.)
Wakelin, John and William Tayler (2)
Maker's mark of John Wakelin and William Tayler, London, 1778, one base 1776
On a spreading circular base with overlapping laurel band, rising to a tapering stem formed as inverted calyx of acanthus leaves, the knop with overlapping laurel band, the central standard surmounted by a flaming urn with two side pendant rings and issuing two acanthus-clad scroll branches supporting circular wax-pans with sockets, the nozzles engraved with a crest, marked on bases and bezel of branch, with scratchweights and inventory numbers under bases
16in. (41.4cm) high; 108oz. 10dwt. (3381gr.)
Wakelin, John and William Tayler (2)