The Property of THE TRUTEES OF THE WILL OF THE LATE 5TH MARQUESS CAMDEN
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III COMPOSITE SILVER CANDELABRA
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III COMPOSITE SILVER CANDELABRA
TWO CANDLESTICKS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN PARSONS AND CO., SHEFFIELD, 1792, TWO WITH MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN GREENE AND CO., SHEFFIELD, 1796, THE BRANCHES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS AND JOSEPH PREEDY, LONDON, 1792 AND 1796
Each on oval base and with baluster stem and vase-shaped socket, chased with bands of water leaves and with detachbale leaf-capped reeded scroll branches each terminating in a plain circular drip-pan and vase-shaped socket, six with detachable plain circular nozzle, each with central vase-shaped finial, engraved with crest beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on bases, drip-pans, nozzles and three branches 18in. (45.5cm.) high
weight of branches 117ozs. (3659grs.)
The crest is that of Pratt for John, 2nd Earl Camden and 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840) (4)
TWO CANDLESTICKS WITH MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN PARSONS AND CO., SHEFFIELD, 1792, TWO WITH MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN GREENE AND CO., SHEFFIELD, 1796, THE BRANCHES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM PITTS AND JOSEPH PREEDY, LONDON, 1792 AND 1796
Each on oval base and with baluster stem and vase-shaped socket, chased with bands of water leaves and with detachbale leaf-capped reeded scroll branches each terminating in a plain circular drip-pan and vase-shaped socket, six with detachable plain circular nozzle, each with central vase-shaped finial, engraved with crest beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on bases, drip-pans, nozzles and three branches 18in. (45.5cm.) high
weight of branches 117ozs. (3659grs.)
The crest is that of Pratt for John, 2nd Earl Camden and 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840) (4)