A PAIR OF CHASE CANDLESTICKS

CIRCA 1750

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A PAIR OF CHASE CANDLESTICKS
Circa 1750
Of European silver form with shaped octagonal bases below knopped standards supporting cylindrical nozzles, on the nozzles the lion rampant Chase crest twice, the distinctive cell-pattern border of the Chase service around the bases
10 5/8in. (27cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 259 illustrates a Chase platter from the Bullivant collection and notes that the service was made for Sir Richard Chase, Sheriff of Essex in 1744, whose distant relative, also entitled to these arms, was Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence

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