A PAIR OF WILLIAM III PLAIN CANDLESTICKS AND A SIMILAR TAPERSTICK, each on spreading octagonal base and with baluster stem and spool-shaped socket, the taperstick engraved with a crest, by Andrew Raven, 1699

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A PAIR OF WILLIAM III PLAIN CANDLESTICKS AND A SIMILAR TAPERSTICK, each on spreading octagonal base and with baluster stem and spool-shaped socket, the taperstick engraved with a crest, by Andrew Raven, 1699
height of candlesticks 5½in. (14cm.)
height of taperstick 3¾in. (9.5cm.)
(23ozs.) (3)

Provenance

The Late The Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere, Christie's, 3rd December, 1941, lot 54 (#94 to Tessier, the candlesticks only)
Anon. sale, Christie's, 21st November, 1973, lot 85 (#3,000 to Johnstone)

Lot Essay

Although the present taperstick was bought separately from the candlesticks, even 'matched' candlesticks and tapersticks are exceedingly rare. Perhaps the best known set, comprising a pair of candlesticks and a pair of tapersticks, are those by Thomas Folkingham, 1718, and exhibited in the Loan Collection of English Plate, Park Lane, 1929, no.512

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