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THE CANDLESTICKS WITH MARK OF THOMAS GILPIN, LONDON, 1758
Details
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)
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