A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Mark of Robert Calderwood, Dublin, circa 1765
Each on shaped square base with shells at each corner, the knopped baluster stem supporting a spool-form socket, the elongated detachable wax-pans with shells at each corner, each base and wax-pan engraved with a crest, the bases engraved No. 1, 15-15 and No. 2, 15-12, each marked on base and wax-pan
9½in. (24.1cm.) high; 34oz. (1062gr.) (2)
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The crest is that of Loftus, Earls of Ely
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