The Collection of the late Lore and Rudolf Heinemann being sold for the benefit of the Pierpont Morgan Library and the National Gallery of Art
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN CAFE, LONDON, 1750
Details
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Maker's mark of John Cafe, London, 1750
Each on shaped hexagonal base with stylized shells, rising to a baluster stem and spool-form socket, the removable nozzles shaped hexagonal with stylized shells, the base and nozzle engraved with a crest, marked on bases and three sockets
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) high; 84oz. 10dwt. (2641gr.) (4)
Maker's mark of John Cafe, London, 1750
Each on shaped hexagonal base with stylized shells, rising to a baluster stem and spool-form socket, the removable nozzles shaped hexagonal with stylized shells, the base and nozzle engraved with a crest, marked on bases and three sockets
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) high; 84oz. 10dwt. (2641gr.) (4)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, June 11, 1963, lot 84