MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1745

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II IRISH SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1745
Set on a shaped circular base with chased scrolls, flowers, and lion's masks, rising to a baluster stem with scrolls and flowers, the sockets with conforming decoration, and detachable open flower nozzles, each base engraved with a crest and Baron's coronet, each marked on base and nozzle, and one marked on socket, engraved with the scratchweights 35=13 and 40=1
11½ in. (29.3 cm.) high; 81 oz. 10 dwt. (2,535 gr.) (2)

Lot Essay

The Baron's crest is apparently that of King

A very similar pair, possibly from the same set, with one date letter for 1741/3, was sold from the collection of Hugh J. Montgomery, Esq., of Benvarden, Derrock, Co. Antrim, Christie's, London, May 15, 1968, lot 121

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