Lot 224
224
Property of a NEW YORK ESTATE
TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II/III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

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TWO PAIRS OF GEORGE II/III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
LONDON, TWO 1759, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN CARTER AND TWO 1766, MAKER'S MARK OF TH OVER IC (GRIMWADE NO. 2804)

Each on spreading circular base with gadrooned rim, rising to a knopped baluster stem and baluster socket with similar gadrooned bands, the removable circular nozzles with similar rim, the bases and nozzles engraved with the same crest, marked under bases and on three nozzles--10 1/4in. (26cm.) high
(89 oz.) (4)

Lot Essay

Grimwade records the mark TH over IC on pieces dated from about 1765 and suggests that it may perhaps be for Thomas Hannam and John Carter. The presence of this mark on a pair of candlesticks identical in form by a pair by John Carter would appear to confirm this.