A set of Six George II silver candlesticks and a pair of later silver-plated five light candelabra branches
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A set of Six George II silver candlesticks and a pair of later silver-plated five light candelabra branches

THE CANDLESTICKS WITH MARK OF THOMAS GILPIN, LONDON, 1758

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A set of Six George II silver candlesticks and a pair of later silver-plated five light candelabra branches
The candlesticks with mark of Thomas Gilpin, London, 1758
Each on stepped square base and with octagonal baluster stem and spool-shaped socket, each with detachable square nozzle, with gadrooned borders, the bases and nozzles, each engraved with a crest, marked on bases, sockets and five nozzles, four numbered and engraved with scratchweights, two later filled, the later detachable silver-plated branches with leaf-capped scroll branches each terminating in a shaped square drip-pan and spool shaped socket with detachable shaped square nozzle, with similar central light
10¾in. (27.2cm.) high
The four unfilled candlesticks 98oz. (3,062gr.)
The crest is that of Cottrell (see lot 120) (6)
Provenance
Sir Charles Cottrell-Dormer Kt. (d.1779), of Rousham House and then by descent
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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