A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1737

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1737
Each shaped circular base cast with foliage rocaille and panels of shells on textured ground, all below beaded border, with a ribbon-tied foliage and rocaille stem and socket, with detachable nozzle, marked under base, the bases and nozzles each further engraved with a number and scratchweight 'No 1 26=7' and '3=17' and 'No 2 26=8' and '3=16', with a pair of later two-light branches cast as foliage
the candlesticks 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
with the later arms 15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high
the candlesticks 60 oz. (1,866 gr.) (2)
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Lot Essay

The design for these candlesticks is closely related to the designs of Juste-Auréle Meissonnier (see for example P. Fuhring, Juste-Auréle Meissonnier Un Genio del Rococo 1695-1750, Turin, 1999, p.352, no. 77 and no. 78.)

A pair of ormolu candlesticks of the same model, attributed to Juste-Auréle Meissonnier, from the collection of the Marquesses of Hertford are at Wallace House, London (The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture, London, 1996, p.1203).

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